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Peggy Tanous announces she is leaving Real Housewives of Orange County

What in the world is going on over at Bravo?!? They’re losing housewives faster than King Henry VIII! The latest drama mama to jump ship is The Real Housewives of Orange County‘s Peggy Tanous, who posted her farewell announcement on Facebook earlier today. Keep reading for the full announcement as well as my favorite example from my now worthless collection of Peggy Tanous pin-up trading cards. (Cue Debby Downer music)

Bunny Maureen The Playboy Club
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Comprehensive Retrospective: NBC’s ‘The Playboy Club’

It’s time for all of us to take a look back at NBC’s legendary ode to the glory days of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Club coyly called The Playboy Club. From its initial pilot episode that aired on 9-19-2011 to the climactic conclusion of the finale on 10-3-11 The Playboy Club kept America stunned with minds blown by what they were witnessing.

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Does Lisa Vanderpump want a three-way with Brandi Glanville?

Brandi Glanville has only made two appearances on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills but she’s already stirring things up. She’s on the bad side of Lisa Vanderpump, making a “you just can’t go there in The Hills” age comment about her fellow Housewife. Now she’s went next-level by accusing Vanderpump and her hubby Ken of wanting to have a 3-way with her. Read on for her Twitter-bomb and see a classic Lisa video as she responds candidly to Brandi’s age diss.

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Teen Mom Leah Messer denies cheating on the night before her wedding

A rumor that has hounded Teen Mom Leah Messer since her divorce from Corey Simms is the accusation made by ex-boyfriend Robbie Kidd that they had slept together the night before her wedding. At the time MTV denied the rumor but Leah had never directly addressed it until now. Read her tweet and her heads up that we’ll find out all about the situation during the upcoming season of Teen Mom 2.

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PHOTO Kristen Stewart on British GQ cover in sexy retro Hollywood glam swimsuit

Kristen Stewart looks a little bit more like Megan Fox on the November, 2011 cover of British GQ! The Twilight star abandons her usually broody attire in favor of sleek black retro-inspired two-piece swimsuit and matching black toenails. Keep reading for the cover photo, the two-page spread that kicks off the article, and some details about what to expect in the interview due to hit newsstands on Thursday.

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Does Taylor Armstrong have an eating disorder? The other Real Housewives were worried about her shrinking weight

On last week’s episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Taylor visited Kyle’s house upset over an article in the press about her marriage that said she’s barely eating. She doesn’t know how any of this personal info leaked because “everyone in her life is under a confidentiality agreement. She said on camera that she suspected Lisa Vanderpump of leaking the story, and then Lisa confronted her about not eating. “You’ve dropped a hell of a lot of weight . . . we need to talk about that.” She then confronts Taylor about her dropping weight, and her emotional state. “You’re stressed most of the time.” “You know we haven’t always been best friends, you know that right? But I’m seriously concerned about you.”

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PHOTOS Carole Radziwill filming Real Housewives of New York City Season 5

It’s only been a couple weeks since Bravo made the official shocking announcement that Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon, Alex McCord and Cindy Barshop would not be returning for Season 5 of The Real Housewives of New York City and the network has already begun filming with their new cast members: Carole Radziwill, Heather Thomson, and Aviva Drescher. Keep reading for photos of Carole Radziwill (widow of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ nephew Anthony Radziwill as well as a journalist and New York Times best-selling author) out and about in Greenwich Village earlier today with Bravo cameras in tow!

VIDEO – Epic Curmudgeon Andy Rooney’s last minutes on “60 Minutes”

It’s a sad day in televisionland! Andy Rooney signed off for the last time Sunday night after a 33-year career of complaining on 60 Minutes. The 92-year-old has been writing for 70 years, and even though he’s leaving TV, doesn’t ever plan on putting down his pen (that means that he’s coming after you, Internets!)

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PHOTOS Claire Danes and some serious SoHo schnoodle poop

Actress Claire Danes was out doing her celebrity thing in SoHo while being accompanied by her schnoodle, WeeGee. Danes has got skills and has held her own in numerous memorable roles for TV and film including hits like My So Called Life, The Rainmaker and The Family Stone but it was WeeGee running the street show on this particular fall day in the N.Y.C. See WeeGee give the paps a special order deuce and watch his celeb-master clean it up, great Danes style.

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Is Taylor Armstrong’s new boyfriend Matt Nordgren of Most Eligible Dallas?

It seems Bravo may have a potential crossover in the works as The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong spent the weekend of September 23-24 with none other than Matt Nordgren, former University of Texas quarterback and star of Bravo’s new series Most Eligible Dallas! The two were spotted out and about together at numerous events in Dallas last weekend. Keep reading for all the juicy details!

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VIDEO Father records son’s shock at Star Wars reveal

If you’re of a certain age (raising hand slowly) then you may have a memory of what your reaction was when you first discovered ( WARNING: Decades old spoiler!!!) that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s father. In an already goin’ viral clip a dad with some Jedi like Star Wars foresight recorded his 4-year-old boy Faris watching this very scene and his reaction is priceless. Check it out!

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PHOTO Britney Spears wants to grant homeless man’s wish of more Britney

A panhandling homeless man asks for money to get the new Britney Spears CD and Brit-Brit responds by wanting to give him her entire catalog. Read her call to arms via Twitter as she unleashes a Britney-Army manhunt for this unidentified person who just wants his new Spears folks!

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Melissa Gorga’s “stripper boss” addresses scandal, Jacqueline Laurita posts Teresa Giudice text messages

Gorgagate just keeps getting crazier and crazier! In the latest chapter Melissa Gorga’s former manager at Lookers Gentlemen’s Club (yes, she did use to work there) addresses her time there and Jacqueline Laurita shares some of her text messages with Teresa Giudice in which she explains she had nothing to do with the photo released last week of Joe Giudice and a mystery woman being quite intimate at a TGI Fridays. Oh, and Jacqueline also asserts that Teresa did in fact know about the set up and says there is a lot more to the story yet to be revealed!

American Pickers' Danielle Colby Cushman sewing a dress
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American Pickers’ Danielle Colby Cushman opening her own shop

It’s been a while since I’ve posted about the activities of Danielle Colby Cushman, the tattoolescent star of The History Channel’s popular reality series American Pickers. As it turns out, her hiatus from newsworthy activity was because she has been busy preparing to open up her own shop – right next door to Antique Archaeology! Keep reading for all the details, and of course lots of Danielle photos.

VIDEOS Sister Wives daughter Mariah wants to be in plural marriage
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VIDEOS Sister Wives daughter Mariah wants to be in plural marriage

Kody Brown and three of his better-fifths sat down with Anderson Cooper on his new talk show to discuss their Sister Wives lifestyle. During the episode Cooper also featured children who had suffered greatly at the hands of an FLDS upbringing. The combination made for some interesting viewpoints and comments. One of these was that Kody and first-wife Meri’s only child Mariah wants to one day be in a plural marriage like her parents.

VIDEO Man drops daughter to catch foul ball, wife not happy

Amazing video of a husband who clearly needs to get his priorities straight as he elects to dump his young daughter in an attempt to catch a foul ball at a baseball game! That in itself is reason enough to watch the clip, but his moment of thoughtless parenting is nothing compared to the look and the earful his wife gives him afterward!

VIDEO Woman born deaf hears her own voice for very first time

Swimming around in the muck and mire that is celebridom sometimes I need a serious recalibration of my humanity. The following video delivered that as we see a 29-year-old woman who was born deaf hearing her voice clearly for the very first time. Her husband filmed this beautiful and life-affirming clip. Warning, you better have some tissue ready!

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VIDEOS Teen Mom post-reunion interviews with Amber, Gary, Farrah and Debra

MTV has posted a couple of post-reunion Teen Mom interview clips featuring Farrah Abraham and her mother Debra as well as Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley. I thought I’d share them with you a-la the After Show break downs and provide a summary of what was discussed, including the fact that Gary and Amber can still see a future together and how Farrah and Debra have concocted an intimate apparel, dating themed cooking show that Farrah may want to star in some day!

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Atlanta Housewife Kandi Burruss lands her own special

Bravo is making a bet that their viewers would love a little more Kandi in their diet as Atlanta Housewife Kandi Burruss has landed her own spin-off to be called The Kandi Factory. Burruss is a busy lady, starring on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, constantly lookin’ fine and launching her own line of sex toys called “Bedroom Kandi.” Well now you can add her very own special as her home network has officially announced that the Atlanta socialite will try to recreate her Zolciak hit-making prowess in a music themed quasi American Idol format program. Read on for the deets and how you can be on the show as Kandi’s empire expands.

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Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison’s E-Harmony commercial

I’m going to sensually slip down my fingers and lusciously type out an introduction to a purrfectly hot parody video of teen-bride Courtney Stodden and her old, old-man Doug Hutchison. I hope nothing “pops out” while I entice my readers with some of my best internal juices. Meow!

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Chris Christie Livingston High School yearbook photos, SGA “speech”

It’s beginning to sound more and more like dynamic Republican orator and current governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, will be tossing his hat into the ring for the 2012 Presidential race. If that is the case, most analysts assume he will have no problem gaining the GOP nomination and will be pitted against Obama next November. Ummmm… I’m not sure what the segue is but we have photos of a younger, slightly trimmer Chris Christie from his 1980 Livingston High School yearbook! Also, as president of SGA, Christie wrote an open letter to the student body that was included in the yearbook and transcribed for you here! (We still haven’t managed to find his birth certificate though. Hmmm…)

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Teresa Giudice plotted to reveal Melissa Gorga’s stripper past at Posche fashion show

The Real Housewives of New Jersey Twitter fallout continues after the Posche Fashion Show Wednesday night during which some major drama went down! Check out all the latest tweets from Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, and Joe Gorga which seem to suggest Teresa may have accused Melissa Gorga of being a stripper! (If this results in another Kim G pole dancing scene I’m quitting Bravo for good.)

UPDATE – Lynn N Chicago has revealed what actually went down and it involves a male stripper, Kim D and… Danielle Staub?!? Lawdy lawd!

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Nick Offerman high school yearbook photos (aka Ron Swanson)

Although The Office‘s Robert California may eventually give him a run for his money, there is no cooler dude on television right now than Parks and Recreation‘s resident libertarian meat lover Ron Swanson, played by actor Nick Offerman. In case you needed further proof of his awesomeness on screen and off, check out these high school yearbook photos of Nick as a dapper dude (and SGA member?!?) at Minooka High School in 1986/87!

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LeAnn Rimes: New album great, discusses being step-mom, addresses weight issues, sits on urinal

Celeb Twitterholic LeAnn Rimes is a busy young woman. She’s released a killer new record that is arguably the best of her career, she’s blogged about her role as step-mom to her husband Eddie Cibrian and his ex-wife Brandi Glanville’s two sons, she chatted with Ellen about the press claiming she has eating disorders and she’s posted photos of herself sitting on a urinal and using her new album as pasties. Catch up on it all here!

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PHOTOS Kristen Stewart as Snow White sneaking a cigarette and riding a horse… in armor!

See photos of Kristen Stewart from the set of Snow White and the Huntsman in her full suit of armor majestically riding horseback on the beaches of Wales! Oh, and sneaking a cigarette break by the wheel of a pick-up truck. Snow White, you’ve come a long way baby!

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PHOTOS Farrah Abraham at the beach with Sophia shooting Teen Mom season 4

After initially leaving her daughter Sophia with her parents while relocating to Florida, Teen Mom Farrah Abraham has since brought her down to Florida where the two seem to be adapting well to the Sunshine State lifestyle. See pictures of Farrah and Sophia playing on the beaches of Fort Lauderdale as the MTV cameras roll!

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Attorney: Teen Mom Jenelle Evans is walking the straight and narrow

According to Jenelle Evans’ attorney Dustin Sullivan the momma-full-of-drama is getting her life in order and doing all that is required of her by the courts. Read his statements that make me hopeful that Jenelle is turning the page on a new chapter in her and her son Jace’s life.

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Why isn’t Jacqueline Laurita on the Reunion Special for The Real Housewives of New Jersey?

The Real Hosuewives of New Jersey Star has already expressed her desire to leave the show and it seems an event at last night’s Posche Fashion Show has all but sealed the deal! Read Jacqueline’s angry tweets in which she announces she will not be participating in the Season 3 Reunion Special (filming today) and read a first hand account (with a video clip!) of the drama that went down at the fashion show!

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Music video U.K. shenanigans: Topless Rihanna offends Irish farmer; Britney Spears and Jason Trawick rob a London store

A pop star’s work is never done! Instead of sitting on their laurels and spending their days lighting candles with money, Rihanna and Britney Spears have been busy at work filming their respective new music videos (“We Found Love” and “Criminal,”) and, in the process, stirring up a lot of trouble!

Jamey Rodemeyer still being bullied after suicide

The tragic suicide of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer has garnered national attention after it was discovered the young man had posted an “It Gets Better” video to encourage other kids in his situation to keep their heads up. Lady Gaga has taken up his cause and now his parents are trying to do something about the bullying that took their son’s life.

In an interview with Today they revealed that even in death, he continues to be bullied. This revelation took me by surprise, as that level of angst and intolerance is hard to comes to grip with or even understand.

Plastic surgery nightmare! Woman gets ‘uni-boob’ and eyes that won’t close

Dinora Rodriguez (40) of L.A. is left with a nightmare body after a boob job blunder and an eye job she didn’t ask for! The Daily Mail reports that plastic surgeons cut two pockets of breast tissue while replacing Rodriquez’s former breast implants, which allowed the new breast implants to touch, creating the “uniboob” look. Rodriquez also received a “surprise” eye job that prevents her eyes from ever fully closing.

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The Obamas hang with and enjoy The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills Housewife Kyle Richards and her husband Mauricio Umansky attended a fund raiser for President Barack Obama in L.A. on Monday. Following the event Kyle tweeted a great photo of the two and Mauricio tweeted some insider info from the most powerful man in the world. The First Lady watches her some RHOBH!

PHOTO Sean Lennon’s girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl suffers nip slip wardrobe malfunction at 50/50 premiere

Imagine there’s no brassieres…

Such was the case at the New York Premiere of 50/50 at which Sean Lennon’s supermodel girlfriend was photographed (alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt I might add!) with 50% of her hooterage on display. (this post is for those of you who suffered serious retina damage from our Nancy Grace Dancing with the Stars chestimonial post.)

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Lisa Vanderpump’s book “Simply Divine” available for preorder from amazon

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Vanderpump is following in the footsteps of numerous other Bravo housewives by releasing a book. Simply Elegance, due out November 8, includes recipes, decorating tips, and just about everything else you need to know to be an unassailably classy entertainer just like Lisa, even without buhjillions of dollars! Keep reading for all the details on the book, including why Lisa (unlike some of the other Housewives-turned-authors) is actually qualified to write it.

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VIDEO Seth Rogen smokes a lot of weed

It’s no big surprise that actor Seth Rogen smokes weed. It was easy to tell that dude wasn’t really “acting” in Pineapple Express but I have to admit I was a little bit surprised at how much our man partakes! See the funny clip from Letterman as Rogen guesstimates how much of the day he’s high and see a preview for the film he’s promoting, 50/50, which looks like it should be a good one.

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VIDEOS Stephen King reads from forthcoming The Shining sequel, Dr. Sleep

Author Stephen King entertained a gathered audience at George Mason University by not only revealing the near completion of but reading from his highly anticipated The Shining sequel, Dr. Sleep. That’s right, Johnny’s back and you can hear a portion of it here if you’re down with the spoilage! Two great videos from the event and as a bonus I share my favorite King book and movie adaptation.

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Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger apologizes for gays and Jews remarks

Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger wants you to know that she’s all sorry and stuff for the cringeworthy comments she made about homosexuals and Jews during her appearance on her own network’s Watch What Happens Live with host Andy Cohen. Check out video highlights or should I say lowlights from her appearance and read her apologetic tweets as she tries to make amends for her strange Stanger stingers.

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PHOTO Nancy Grace suffers nip slip wardrobe malfunction on Dancing with the Stars

I’ve got some good news and some bad news… (I think you know where that was going.)

Legal eagle Nancy Grace is almost always hopping mad, but on Monday night’s episode of Dancing with the Stars she was just plain hopping during her quick step performance with partner Tristan MacManus. All of the hopping, combined with Grace’s compact dress, led to a rather unfortunate wardrobe malfunction as the nation watched her commit a first degree felonious visual assault in the form of a nip slip.

Keep reading for an edited, safe for work photo with a link to a not safe for Earth unedited image as well as the uncensored video.

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VIDEO Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 4 preview trailer

On November 4, 2011 the peaches of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta return to their Southern motherin’ and boo checkin’ that made them the most watched Housewives franchise! Today Bravo released their official preview trailer for the new season and it looks like business as unusual for the ladies of The ATL. Keep reading to see the ladies in South Africa, NeNe’s new punching bag and… Phaedra Parks’ funeral home?!? Awwwww yeah!

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PHOTOS Nicki Minaj wears pink fried chicken wing necklace to I Heart Radio music festival

Rapper Nicki Minaj is no stranger to eccentric fashion choices, and her choice of cleavage bling for the I Heart Radio music festival this weekend is something you have to KFC to believe! Perhaps inspired by Lady Gaga’s famous meat dress, Nicki accessorized with a bit of protein of her own with a hot pink fried chicken wing necklace! Keep reading for photos of her fried fowl fashion faux pas!

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Antoine Dodson of “Bed Intruder Song” fame arrested, should’ve hid himself

Antoine Dodson’s “Bed Intruder Song” clip on YouTube has over 90 million views and is arguably the greatest remix viral clip in internet history. We all learned from Antoine that, “We obviously have a rapist in Lincoln Park. He’s climbing in your windows and he’s snatching your people up tryin’ to rape them. So you need to hide your kids and hide your wife and hide your husbands because they’re raping everybody up in here.” Well Antoine got himself arrested for an outstanding warrant after being stopped for violating a noise ordinance. Read on for the should’ve hid himself deets.

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Boy band’s butt has the power of hypnosis, creates new meme “The Photobum”

I’ve never heard of the Irish boy band One Direction but there was something irresistible about the twit-pic that singer Zayn Malik posted from the studio. What that irresistible something is would be the fact that a boy band member’s bum apparently has the ability to hypnotize as a young fellow in the pic seems absolutely lost in the glowing beauty of that backside. Unintentionally, they have created a new internet meme “The Photobum.” Check it out!

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MUG SHOT Don’t rob a gas station with a clear plastic mask

I figured I’d ease in to this Monday with another “Adventures From Florida” post. This time our sunshine state lady is 19-year-old Wilnelia Caraballo, who waltzed into a Kangaroo convenience store in Palm Bay, FL and tried to rob the place donning a clear plastic mask while brandishing a toy machine gun.

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Kendra Wilkinson had postpartum depression, breakdown, gave husband a black eye

E!’s Kendra is starting a brand new season (with a companion release of Kendra Wilkinson’s newest memoir (Being Kendra: Cribs, Cocktails, and Getting My Sexy Back). She talks openly about suffering from postpartum depression after giving birth to their son Hank IV, which led to breakdowns, fights, sleeping in a separate bedroom than her husband Hank Baskett, and even giving him a black eye in a drunken fit of rage in May 2010.

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Boardwalk Empire History: The real Nucky Thompson was Enoch “Nucky” Johnson

In HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Steve Buscemi plays a generous-but-ruthless who runs Atlantic City. He character is based on a real man: Enoch J. “Nucky” Johnson, who had control of Atlantic City, NJ for 30 years, and turned it into what it is today.

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PHOTOS Martha Stewart becomes MOTHa Stewart in a Lady Gaga inspired Halloween costume

Who says 70-year-old Martha Stewart is out of touch? The ex-con craft maven graces the cover of Martha Stewart: Halloween 2011 in a Lady Gaga inspired Motha Stewart look as part of her “B-Movie Blowout” themed article. Keep reading to see photos of the new Motha Monster and find out about her latest empire building business endeavor!

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Curious about the song the girl sings in Moneyball?

Brad Pitt’s new movie Moneyball (based on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game) is getting Oscar Buzz and is Box Office Gold. The movie is artfully crafted and fascinates both baseball fans, and people who hate sports. At the heart it’s not really about sports, it’s about solving problems against formidable opposition, and being brave to fight to make a change in the world when you believe enough in the truth of something.

But the person who truly stole the movie (at least several parts of the movie) was 13-year-old Kerris Dorsey and her rendition of Lenka’s “The Show.

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PHOTOS Anne Hathaway in her Catwoman catsuit on Dark Knight Rises set

Anne Hathaway was photographed on the set of Batman: Dark Knight Rises wearing her amazing figure-enhancing black Catwoman catsuit. The sleek costume looked to be corseted in the midsection, taking a few inches off of Hathaway’s already thin waist. Keep reading for the full length shots of the already perfect Hathaway looking even more purrrrrfect!

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Ke$ha being not so trashy for line of signature Casio Baby-G watches

You know you have a pretty trashy image when wearing fish nets, black satin, and roller skates is “cleaning up!” But that’s exactly the case with dumpster hipster Ke$ha who toned down her Sleaza Minelli persona in some promotional photos for her new line of limited edition Baby-G watches. Keep reading for the no quarantine necessary pics and info on her new “TiK ToK” accessories!

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Bravo’s ‘Work of Art’ reality series returns for 2nd season October 12

It’s official! Bravo will be bringing back Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, their fine art ode to Project Runway, for a second season! Find out which judge isn’t coming back and meet all 14 new contestants with brief bios and photos of each! Also, watch a preview trailer for the show’s sophomore season which is set to premiere on October 12.

VIDEOS Kim Delaney seriously struggles during slurred speech for Robert Gates

Army Wives actress Kim Delaney had to wing a speech for former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the results were so bad that she was escorted off stage. I’ve seen my fair share of celebrity public appearances gone bad and I can honestly say this is the most cringeworthy I can recall. Yikes!

PHOTOS Fergie of the Black-Eyed Peas fondles… Fergie of the Black-Eyed Peas?

Madame Tussauds unveiled a wax sculpture of The Black-Eyed Peas singer Fergie Thursday. The actual Fergie was in attendance for the event and in what can only be described as the faux pinnacle of #twinning, she got real intimate with her waxwork doppelganger for the photographers in attendance. See some of the rare waxturbation images as well as a video of the entire unveiling!

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VIDEO PHOTOS Camille Grammer’s new beau Dimitri George Charalambopoulos

Kelsey who? Beverly Hills Housewife Camille Grammer has herself a rumored new man and it looks like our lady is getting some cougar revenge in the form of 35-year-old bankruptcy attorney Dimitri George Charalambopoulos. That’s right. It was Camille Donatacci, then it was Camille Grammer and now I’m talkin’ bout Cougar Camille Charalambopoulos. Camille is redefining “lawyering up!”