Tammie DeRamus may be the daughter of Silver Pawn’s Jimmie “Big Daddy” DeRamus but the Cajun Pawn Star brunette knows just about as much in regards to the business and could sell sawdust to a lumber mill. I thought I’d do a litttle profile on the woman who is a pawn store lifer and runs the day to day operations of Silver Dollar Pawn and Jewelry featured on The History Channel’s Cajun Pawn Stars.
Teen Mom Amber Portwood’s life has been rough to say the least lately. She’s been cooling her heels in the Madison County Jail on probation violation, was rumored to have been on suicide watch, has been placed in a gen pop room and sleeping on a mat, went as far as to tell a judge she will be quitting the show and now this…
Her landlord is looking to evict her from her rented home.
Actress and Cover Girl Drew Marrymore Barrymore has went and got her self engaged to boyfriend Will Kopelman. You know, if she went traditional and changed her name she would be Drew Kopelman. That sounds like the guy who sold me my last used car but I digress… Get the deets on this latest forever walk for Drew and find out exactly who this Will the thrill chap is.
In 2010 14-year-old Jakadrien Turner ran away from home in amidst family turmoil, and ended up being mistakenly deported to Colombia. It’s an incredible story, but that’s reportedly what happened, and she’s now 15, pregnant, and waiting in a detention holding facility after having built a whole different life for herself in Bogota. Now, both nations are trying to figure out exactly what went wrong.
Snooki’s pal Ryder made her Jersey Shore return during the Season 5 premiere earlier tonight and it didn’t take this DTF bombshell brunette long to get her smoosh room ticket punched! Keep reading to find out who got to put the first notch of the season in the ol’ beach house bedpost and get to know Ryder better with photos and a little background info. (Make sure you have your virus protection turned on!)
Looks like Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino’s ab soul mate featured on Jersey Shore Season 5 Jonny “The Unit” Manfre has out-situationed his ab situation. But “The Unit” got his nickname because of other endowments, namely, as he told MTV’s Remote Control Blog the “mini-baseball bat in my pants.” He’s previously made press for being arrested at the Jersey Shore house this July for possessing “white powdery substance.” No one’s wrangled up his mug shot, but he was led away from the Shore house in handcuffs. The drama surrounding his arrest will probably be covered later this season.
Learn more about The Sitch’s pal The Unit
22-year-old Jason Derulo was rehearsing in Florida for his upcoming world tour when he injured himself performing an acrobatic stunt. The singer landed awkwardly on his head resulting in an acute fracture to his vertebra. Derulo has reportedly been released from Memorial West Hospital in Pembroke Pines, Florida and was able to share a photo wearing his neck brace along with a positive message for fans on his Facebook page.
The latest installment in the Toddlers & Tiaras Hall of Fame is 6-year-old Alana from McIntyre, Georgia whose mom June (“The Coupon Queen”) gives her “special juice” to help her get energized for pageants. But, unless she’s on special juice all the time, I don’t know why she needs it! This girl is pumped and ready to go ALL THE TIME!
“Those other girls must be crazy if they think they’re gonna beat me, honey boo boo chiiiiild!”
Tonight the cast of Jersey Shore makes their triumphant return to television and to Seaside Heights as Snooki, Pauly D, JWoww, The Situation, Vinny, Sammi, Ronnie, and Deena kick off the Season 5 Premiere of MTV’s smash hit reality series. Who ever would have ever thought that those tanned, drunk, half-naked, ridiculously nicknamed Guido and Guidettes gettin’ nasty in a hot tub would go on to become six five of the biggest celebrities on the planet?!?
Starcasm.net started not long before Jersey Shore debuted on MTV, so it was one of the first shows we covered from the very beginning. So, in honor of five seasons of contagious charismatic clubbing and GTL, I though I might compile Starcasm’s Top 5 Jersey Shore Posts Ever highlighting our lengthy and rather intimate (don’t worry – we used virus protection) relationship with the guys and gals of Joisey Shore!
Sarah McKinley from Blanchard, Oklahoma will not face any prosecution for shooting, and killing, Justin Shane Martin whom cops allege was attempting to break into her mobile home with a knife. The surviving assailant, Dustin Louis Stewart, was booked on first-degree burglary charges but the District Attorney has upped that to murder first-degree. Read on for the latest in regards to the amazing story of Sarah McKinley.
Okay, so everyone now knows that Leah Messer is expecting her third baby with boyfriend Jeremy Calvert (his first), and that they’re engaged. Now we have the details on their engagement, Leah’s ring, and ex-husband Corey’s response. Jeremy reportedly proposed to Leah on Christmas Day (exactly one year after the Christmas episode we watched on…
By that header I am sure you’re already prepared for the most important news story of all time. Well here it comes! Jersey Shore’s Snooki is ready for breast augmentation surgery so her Jersey twins can be “uplifting” like her reality gal-pal JWoww. Read on for the deets as to why, which atcually has nothing to do with being larger.
Yesterday (January 4, 2012) Mariah Carey tweeted a pic of her husband Nick Cannon in a hospital bed, asking for prayers as he recovers from “mild kidney failure.”
The couple were in Aspen at the time of the hospitalization, but Cannon tweeted that he was being moved to L.A. yesterday evening.
Is there such a thing as “mild” kidney failure? What causes it? Is Cannon going to completely recover?
The subject of what is arguably the most scrutinized trial in media history, Casey Anthony, has finally decided to speak out! She has sat down with Barbara Walters in front of a web cam and decided to speak candidly about her trial the adoption of a dog and life on probation. See one of the strangest clips ever as Casey talks about not much for almost five minutes.
Kanye West’s ex girlfriend Amber Rose hasn’t spoken much about her breakup with Kanye West, but now, in an exclusive interview with Star magazine, she says Kanye was cheating with Kim Kardashian in 2010, who was also cheating on her ex Reggie Bush. Looks like Kim Kardashian was taking her “many loves” dream to the extreme!
Rumors have been swirling for weeks that Teen Mom 2 star Leah Messer is pregnant again with her new boyfriend Jeremy Calvert, but the reality star and her family have adamantly denied the reports. Until now! Jeremy has revealed in an interview that she IS pregnant and that the couple is engaged! Keep reading for all the jaw-dropping details!
I’m counting down the days to the premiere of The History Channel’s Pawn Stars southern spin-off Cajun Pawn Stars. If you haven’t had the opportunity to meet the show’s star, Jimmie “Big Daddy” DeRamus, yet I encourage you to do so in our profile here. Check out the first extended promo for the show’s premiere on Sunday night that includes Jimmie heading off site to discuss the pawning of goats and an eye-popping $500,000 offer for ultra-rare $10,000 and $5,000 bank notes.
Pop Quiz: Who appears on the $10,000 bill? Hint – Forget the Benjamins it’s all about the Salmons!
Cassandra Bankson starts every day like most teen girls by washing her face and putting on makeup. But for Cassandra, the process is an amazing transformation from an acne-ravaged teen to a nearly flaw-free-faced young model! Keep reading to watch the amazing video that has well over 3.7 million views so far and led to Cassandra being asked to appear on Good Morning America!
I hope everyone survived the holidays intact as I welcome you back to our weekly Wednesday round up of the Teen Mom 2 After Show and bonus footage. On this weeks’ docket we have the holiday wrap up as Leah talks about the joy and awkwardness of her daughter’s first birthday party, Jenelle reveals her deep loneliness and why she had a change of heart about Kieffer being in jail, Chelsea explains how Christmas with Adam was like a dream and Kailyn opens up about trying to reconcile with her mother-in-law. The bonus footage may be my favorite yet as little Isaac just refuses to smile during a scheduled photo session with mommy Kail.
Kim Kardashian has always had a thing for Elizabeth Taylor. They both have dark, shapely good looks, both love jewelry and heavy makeup, and both have multiple marriages in a lifetime. Multiple loves and marriages happen to some people, but few people actually plan it (including Elizabeth Taylor, who told Kim that “live happens”) but it sounds like Kim Kardashian is actively planning and hoping to fall in love and get married a bunch of times.
In a follow up to the previous unbelievable story of teen mom Sarah McKinley, who shot an invader to protect her 3-month-old son after seeking permission to do so via 911, the name and mug shot have been released of the dead man’s accomplice. Find out what he’s being charged with and how you can help support the young mother who lost her husband to cancer on Christmas day.
18-year-old Sarah McKinley of Blanchard, Oklahoma shot and killed an intruder to protect her 3-month-old son on New Year’s Eve. Why she was alone and how she ended up killing the man makes this one of the most incredible stories I can recall. Find out the heartbreaking back story about her husband and how she went about seeking permission to defend her baby via 911.
Find out what “floor flashing” is and why teen bride Courtney Stodden wants you to join in on all the down and dirty fun. A photo example by Courtney is provided (of course).
Beverly Hills Housewife Kyle Richards is out promoting her new book which has raised some eyebrows based on a specific bit of advice she’s provided to couples. Find out what this advice was and her defense of the position and how she says her sister Kim is doing in rehab.
Earlier today we posted that Teen Mom Farrah Abraham had called it quits with her new man Marcel Kaminstein, but the Teen Mom Universe has remained in balance because Jenelle Evans has made it official that she is in fact dating 23-year-old Gary Head! Keep reading for the deets on Gary, including what he did that possibly won over Jenelle’s heart.
All signs are pointing to a reconciliation between Maria Shriver (56) and the former California governor and forever Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger (64) (pictured above in 2010,) despite the fact that he fathered a love child with the maid 15 years ago.
Meet Nicki Sterling, a 26-year-old dental student from Texas who will be hoping her bright smile catches the eye of Ben Flajnik on this season of The Bachelor. Keep reading to find out about Nicki, including her apparent affinity for partying out of a can and why she used to go by the name Nicki Felix!
MTV’s prankster series Punk’d returns on March 19 and the network has released a rather startling preview clip featuring Miley Cyrus and Kelly Osbourne pulling a There’s Something About Mary sausage grinder prank on an unsuspecting Khloe Kardashian. In the video a delivery man asks to use the bathroom and then pretends to get his Lamar Scrotum caught in his zipper. MTV programming ensues.
Teen Mom Farrah Abraham split with Marcel Kaminstein, the jewelry entrepreneur she met on JDate and started dating in early December. According to a statement Marcel sent starcasm.net, they broke up amicably right before New Year’s.
The 16th season of The Bachelor premiered tonight on ABC featuring Ben Flajnik, a 28-year-old winemaker from California, hoping to find love among 25 beautiful single women from around the world! For the last couple months we’ve been profiling all the contestants on the upcoming season, with all sorts of photos, links, and background info, and now we’ve compiled them all in brief with links to the ladies’ full profiles! Keep reading for photos, a quick description and our “pro,” “con” and “heterosexual dude notes” for each!
Brandi Glanville became the talk of the celebrity blogosphere earlier today after The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star announced this weekend on Twitter that she had gotten married to her good friend Darin Harvey in a drunken New Years Eve ceremony in Las Vegas. Sfter coming under fire for mocking the institution of marriage, Brandi is now saying the ceremony was not legal and just “for fun.”
One of the 25 women competing for the heart of The Bachelor Ben Flajnik in season 16 of the popular ABC reality series won’t have any difficulty getting used to being in front of the camera, and that’s because 31-year-old Shira Scott Astrof is a professional actress with quite an extensive resume – including a rather infamous role on NBC’s The Office!
The 16th season of The Bachelor premieres tonight on ABC and one of the many twists the network has in store for us and Ben Flajnik on opening night is grandma Sheryl, the first woman out of the limo to meet Ben! So is this hot cougar a legitimate contender for the heart of Ben Flajnik? Keep reading to find out!
When the ball drops every New Year it seems the whole (English speaking) world erupts in a strange song with lyrics no one understands. Something about forgetting old acquaintances.
Here’s the deal about “Auld Lang Syne”: where it came from, what it means, and why we sing it at the beginning of every year.
The rumors have been verified as Russell Brand has filed divorce papers from pop singer Katy Perry.
The hero of my childhood, the man who made me believe I could fly, the greatest to ever lace them up, his “Airness” Michael Jordan has got engaged to his knockout Brazilian model girlfriend Yvette Prieto.
With Moonshiners, Discovery Channel has yet another huge reality show hit on its hands. In the spirit of such gritty profession series as Deadliest Catch, Axe Men, and Ice Road Truckers, Moonshiners adds an extra spicy ingredient to the recipe: illegality. So how is it that brewmaster Tim Smith (who does nothing to hide his identity) isn’t in jail right now? Keep reading to find out how Tim and his co-star, ABC agent Jesse Tate, answered that question in two separate interviews.
Baylor quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III continued his amazing run with yet another amazing run against The University of Washington in the 2011 Alamo Bowl! Keep reading to watch the video clip of the green and white gridiron Superman making real life look like a video game as he eludes tackles and sprints for a touchdown!
Meet 17-year-old Devon Broyles of Richmond, Virginia – the latest reported cast member for the upcoming fourth season of 16 and Pregnant. Keep reading for a photo and some background info on Devon and her son Landon, born November 4, 2011.
Jimmie DeRamus is what you might call a living Louisiana legend. His family-owned business, Silver Dollar Pawn and Jewelry, in Alexandria, LA will be the focus of The History Channel’s Cajun Pawn Stars. So what makes Jimmie, known as “Big Daddy,” a show-worthy person? It turns out there’s so much it’s hard to list ’em all! Read on to find out why I think we have a new reality superstar on our hands. Photos, videos, bio information and more on the man who’s 20,000sf pawn shop houses the hearse Martin Luther King Jr. was transported in and the handcuffs used on Rosa Parks among, oh say, a 100,000 other items!
For the film The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo actress Rooney Mara transforms herself into tech-savvy Goth badass Lisbeth Salander, perhaps the best female action (super?) hero of the last 20 years. Her transformation includes a complete punk-inspired makeover with bleached eyebrows, multiple facial piercings, jet black hair, and the most hyperbole-deserving set of intimidating black earrings to ever hit the big screen! Keep reading for photos of the Oscar-worthy ear bling and find out where (or if) you can buy your own.
Sooooo, we almost sort of bought 49-year-old Jim Carrey’s explanation that he was joking when he made that creepy video asking out 23-year-old starlet Emma Stone. But now the New York Post reports that he’s dating Anastasia Vitkina, a 23-year-old Russian girl attending college in New York. Maybe he was serious about that Emma Stone hook-up after-all, but settled for a less famous one-score-and-three-year-old.
When watching your first episode of Storage Wars it doesn’t take long to realize one of these folks bidding on abandoned storage units is not like the others. Dubbed “The Collector” by A&E, Barry Weiss is an eccentric personality with attire and transportation to match. Find out what occupation Barry retired from that allows him to drive a custom car o’ the day and spend his mornings dropping big auction dollars in hopes of finding the next unique, oddball item for his collection.
There are two things about this post that make me very happy. First off is the fact that Mob Wives’ Renee Graziano is looking like a sexy dominatrix and the second is that Mob Candy Magazine is a real thing that exists in this big beautiful world. See the full cover of the official,”The Renee Issue” and find out how you can get a free autographed copy here.
Nothin’ gives you the fuzzies inside like a kid at a lemonade stand. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s cutie-pie 6-year-old daughter Violet Affleck set up a lemonade stand outside of her house in Brentwood.
witter is aflutter in #prayforjustinsgrandparents hashtags after Justin Bieber’s mom Pattie Mallette tweeted that they were involved in a pretty serious car accident. Bruce and Diane Dale flipped their car into a ditch (presumably in Canada, where they live,) and Bruce now has broken ribs.
She asked for prayers, and boy did Twitter deliver!
Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans explains why she and roommate Hannah Inman had a falling out that resulted in a brutal Twitter feud earlier today. (HINT: It wasn’t because Hannah had texted a friend that she wanted to punch Jenelle in the face.) (Although she did do that!)
Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans is having a bit of difficulty keeping a roommate. Last month she had a falling out with Amber Lane after issues with Amber’s boyfriend’s criminal past and Jenelle’s probation restrictions. Then, earlier today, a huge Twitter battle broke out between Jenelle and her most recent roommate, Hannah Inman! Keep reading for the complete blow-by-blow including quotes like Jenelle addressing her roommate difficulty with “I go through fake b!tches like underwear” and Hannah’s confessional “ok one more comment….. I HATE F***ING TEEN MOM.”
Heather Dubrow can now officially call herself a Real Housewife now that she finds her husband on the wrong end of a lawsuit. We previously profiled the 42-year-old brunette, yes brunette, mother of four Heather Dubrow and wondered how she might manage to squeeze that dark hair in and get any attention from the other OC ladies. Well, if there were an unsaid secret admittance requirement to the group it would have to include your man and lawsuits. Find out about Dr. Dubrow’s current and past headaches here.
Leah Simms isn’t the only one who has moved on after her split from husband Corey Simms! Corey returned to the Twitterverse last week and announced he has a new girlfriend, 24-year-old Summer Tavarez. Keep reading to see numerous photos of Summer, find out a little about her, and read the couple’s lovey dovey exchanges on Twitter.
ABC’s romantic reality competition series The Bachelor doesn’t usually feature too many soccer moms among its single and redy to mingle female contestants, but that’s exactly what Ben Flajnik will get – albeit with a twist – in 28-year-old Shawn Reynolds! Shawn is a single mom and a financial adviser for Wells Fargo who played collegiate soccer as an undergraduate at Arizona State and as a graduate student at Xavier University in her home state of Ohio. Keep reading for all the deets on Shawn as you get fully prepared for the season premiere of The Bachelor on January 2!
Nature abhors a vacuum and the internet abhors a slow news day. Thus we have a photo making the rounds online of a People magazine cover featuring Twilight hottie Taylor Lautner officially announcing that he is in fact gay. The full headline reads, “EXCLUSIVE: TAYLOR LAUTNER OUT & PROUD Tired of rumors, the Twilight star opens up about his decision to finally come out. ‘I’m more liberated, and happier than I’ve ever been.'”
But all you Team Jacob gals can relax, the cover is “absolutely fake” according to a rep for People. Keep reading for all the details, including the other rather lame fake stories on the fake cover.
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!
Check out the real stars of Teen Mom 2, Ali, Aleeah, Aubree Skye, Isaac and Jace as they enjoy Christmas-time with moms Chelsea, Leah, Jenelle and Kailyn.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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