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Did Rulon Gardner break his contract to Skip the Biggest Loser finale?

ByRuby Turpin

When Rulon Gardner left The Biggest Loser abruptly in the middle of the season even though he seemed to be poised to win the competition, I wasn’t as surprised as a lot of folks out there. And, once Rulon started talking and acting like he might try to make a comeback in competitive Greco-Roman wrestling, it made perfect sense for him not to want to go below his competition weight. But, Rulon’s decision not to show up for the Biggest Loser finale feels different. Rude, even. So, why did he do it?

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Scottie Pippen blasphemes His Airness

ByDarren O

We usually avoid straight sport stories here at Starcasm but when someone goes Benedict Arnold on your childhood hero you got to stand your ground. Scottie Pippen, whom Michael Jordan carried to 6 rings has suggested that Lebron James is already greater than his famous teammate. Read Pippen’s stupid statement that can only rationally be explained by some seriously deep-seeded second fiddle jealousy.

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Teen Mom Leah Messer addresses separation from Corey Simms and dating rumors

ByAsa Hawks

Leah Messer and her close friend Amy LaDawn took to Facebook to address Leah’s separation from husband Corey Simms and the recent dating rumors surrounding the couple. Keep reading to find out what they had to say as well as Leah’s distaste for the Team Leah/Team Corey mentality.

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VIDEO Beyonce’s amazing American Idol dressing room rehearsal

ByStarcasm Staff

If there’s one clip you have to see this week it’s this one taken by Jay-Z backstage in the dressing room of American Idol. It’s a candid beautiful clip of his wife Beyoncé rehearsing and you get a full dose of her talent without anything needed to enhance her sound other than her talented back-up singers. Girl has got soul. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

PHOTO Loretta Swit (Hot Lips Houlihan) looking great at 73

ByStarcasm Staff

Loretta Swit proved that not all wartime bombshells are a bad thing with her ground (and heart) breaking role as M*A*S*H‘s Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan for the entire eleven-year run of the series from 1972 to 1983. The 73-year-old actress was photographed leaving a Broadway production of The Normal Heart at the Golden Theatre New York City last night looking like she just stepped off a Korean War medical chopper – and I mean that in a good way!

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Courtney Love: Lady Gaga is ‘weird, sexless Barbie doll’

ByDarren O

Courtney Love opened her yap for an incredible sprawling interview for The Fix, a website that focuses on recovery and addiction, things Courtney knows a thing or three thousand about. She singles out who’s primarily to blame for Kurt Cobain’s death, advises never to take random pills from Andy Dick, shares what her drug addiction bottom was and provides her assessment that Lady Gaga could very well become a lonely drag queen because gay men and stylists have turned her into a weird, sexless Barbie doll!

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Celebrity Rehab’s Jeff Conaway taken off of life support

ByDarren O

In sad news, Grease, Taxi, and Celebrity Rehab veteran actor Jeff Conaway has been taken off of life support after being in a coma induced by pneumonia and sepsis.

UPDATE – Conaway has reportedly died at the age of 60. Keep reading for all the sad details and relive a little of his happier days as Kenickie in the musical Grease.

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Will Jenelle Evans fight Danielle Staub to avoid court for fighting Britany Truett?

ByStarcasm Staff

Celebrity Boxing founder Damon Feldman is trying to help Teen Mom 2 star Jenelle Evans out by buying her out of pending assault charges, but only if she’s willing to assault someone else: former Real Housewives of New Jersey provocateur Danielle Staub!

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PHOTOS Justin Bieber’s new Yeshua (Jesus) tattoo

ByAsa Hawks

Less than a month after visiting Israel as part of his My World Tour, singer Justin Bieber revealed a new tattoo written in Hebrew while going shirtless in Hawaii with new girlfriend Selena Gomez this week. The tattoo is on the side of Justin’s chest under his left arm and reads “Yeshua,” which is Hebrew for Jesus. Keep reading for a zoomed-in view as well as a graphic showing what the usual horizontal Hebrew spelling looks like in comparison to Justin’s vertical interpretation!

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PHOTOS Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez kiss and get frisky in Hawaii

ByAsa Hawks

The hottest young couple on the planet are currently vacationing in Hawaii and are definitely no longer afraid to reveal to the world how they feel about each other! Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez got seriously PG-13 as the two kissed while enjoying a rather suggestive embrace in the Ocean in Maui earlier today. Keep reading for the PDA as well as individual photos of Selena Gomez in her sexy fuchsia bikini and The Biebs being The Biebs in a pair of surf trunks.

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VIDEO Bravo launches 2011 Summer by Bravo campaign with summer camp commercial

ByAsa Hawks

It’s been a year since Bravo launched their fun and immensely popular star-studded “Summer By Bravo” commercial featuring dozens of Bravolebrities enjoying an elegant pool-side party. As any fan of the network knows, Bravo likes what the fans like so they have a brand new star-packed “Summer By Bravo” commercial for 2011!

Instead of the elegant poolside party they’ve gone with the summer camp theme and the commercial features a slew of the most entertaining folks in reality programming as they get off a bus for a fun-filled summer of ping pong, archery, practical jokes, campfires and fireworks!

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Mob Wives land 2nd season, reunion show

ByDarren O

All aboard the Staten Island reality ferry because our hard-core girls Renee Graziano, Karen Gravano, Drita D’avanzo and Carla Facciolo have been re-upped by VH1 for a second season of the popular docu-soap Mob Wives. Get the particulars and read what Renee had to tweet to her minimemobsters about season 2.

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The Avett Brothers: Carrying on the legacy of Bruce Springsteen

ByDarren O

I’ve been a Bruce Springsteen fan ever since I was a kid and while I’ve discovered many other musical artists that are just as if not more important no one seemed to fill what I call that “belief music” space that The Boss owns. Well that was until I came across The Avett Brothers from Concord, North Carolina. Read how a cover of “Glory Days” lead me to realize that Scott and Seth Avett are carrying on Bruce’s legacy more than any other artist I know of.

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Trial date set for taped Jenelle Evans fight

ByDarren O

Teen Mom Tar Heel firecracker Jenelle Evans knows it’s hard to make a court date in Brunswick County, North Carolina when you’re rehabbing in Malibu, California. Thankfully her lawyer did too and got a newly scheduled court date in regards to her now infamous videotaped fight with Britany Truett. Find out how Jenelle is doing, when she’ll be coming home, when the trial will be (as of now anyways) and a special tribute to the great state of North Carolina.

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Vicki Gunvalson’s daughter Briana had a serious headache from spinal fluid leak (CSF)

ByStarcasm Staff

Vicki Gunvalson and her daughter Briana Wolfsmith haven’t had the best health year. This season on RHOC Vicki suffered from internal bleeding, and had to have surgery, and last season the Real Housewives of Orange County taped Briana as she went through a harrowing cancer scare. Last week (in real life time, not on the…

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PHOTO Halle Berry wears “Reveal”ing dress to 2011 FiFi Awards

ByStarcasm Staff

The FiFi Awards (basically the Oscars for fragrances) were held last night in New York City and actress Halle Berry was there to represent her “Reveal” perfume in a dress that lived up to her fragrance’s name! Keep reading for some serious Berry belly and find out if her fragrance was good enough to take home the Fragrance Celebrity of the Year Award.

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PHOTOS Pia Toscano arrives for American Idol season 10 finale

ByAsa Hawks

On what should have been her night to shine, the prematurely rejected Pia Toscano was in attendance for the America Idol finale last night looking flawless as usual in a sparkly white textured mini-dress with some (tasteful) see-through lace.

(WARNING – Post contains vast amounts of Pia fan bitterness. Alfred E. Newman fans need not proceed.)

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VIDEO Bridesmaids outtakes from Funny or Die

ByAsa Hawks

The sure-to-be blockbuster comedy of the summer just got funnier thanks to this video clip of hilarious (and a bit raunchy) outtakes! Watch as Kristen Wiig’s character Annie gets taken through the entire Jon Hamma Sutra (not as pleasant as it sounds), Wendi McLendon-Covey unleashes a barrage of horrifically foul metaphors for what her house smells like, and scene-stealer Megan (Melissa McCarthy) rambles through every ill-conceived and preposterous bachelorette party idea ever!

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Teen Mom Kailyn Lowry and Jordan Wenner launch online shop

ByAsa Hawks

You can now add “entrepreneur” to teen supermom Kailyn Lowry’s résumé as the single mother, student and Forever 21 employee has launched her own online Amway store with partner (and rumored ex-boyfriend) Jordan Wenner! Keep reading to find out how you can buy skin care products, energy drinks and more, all while adding to little Isaac’s college fund!

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Congratulations Olivia Ward Biggest Loser Season 11 Winner! Before and after photos

ByRuby Turpin

Every year The Biggest Loser finale offers up some dramatic before an after shots of contestants who have lost unbelievable quantities of fat and built up impressive muscles. This season gave us all of that and a bit more with its winner, Olivia Ward.

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Amy Poehler high school yearbook photos

ByAsa Hawks

Just when I thought I couldn’t like Amy Poehler any more, I ran across these flawless images from the 1989 Burlington High School yearbook in which Amy is sporting a toweringly elegant ’80s hairdo – the construction of which must still be having a negative impact on the ozone layer! Also includes a picture of her as a member of the drama club cheerleader!?!

VIDEO Tornado vs. Tractor Trailer

ByDarren O

I recently visited friends in Birmingham, Alabama and was overwhelmed by their stories of fear and hopelessness in relation to the horrible storms and tornadoes that recently descended upon their region. In the following video you see another recent tornado literally demolish a semi as if it were made of paper on Interstate 40 near Shawnee, Oklahoma. Check out the video and find out about the fate of the driver who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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MUG SHOTS Gary Shirley arrested following confrontation with Amber Portwood

ByDarren O

Just yesterday as in YESTERDAY I rambled on about how Gary Shirley and Amber Portwood would somehow be the couple to stand the test of time in the Teen Mom universe. Now we have Gary’s first known serious run in with the law that happened following an alleged confrontation with Amber. Incredible!

See the two mug shots and find out how an argument with Amber caught the police officer’s attention and what offense Shirley got double handcuffed and taken to jail for.

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Kim Kardashian got a $2 million diamond ring (She’s also engaged to Kris Humphries)

ByDarren O

You read that right! Kim Kardashian is engaged to be married to NBA baller Kris Humphries. Find out how Kris proposed, how the Kris that’s already a Kardashian helped plan the party and exactly how many karats it takes to get Kim K to say yes (a lot)!

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The Voice Week 5 recap: Love is a battlefield

ByDarren O

The action is starting to get tense on The Voice as Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera pare down their teams for the final 16. See who sang against who tonight, which songs were performed and who got sent packing during week 5 of the singing competition. As always we provide you the chance to let your voice be heard with a poll on which team you believe has the best chance to win.

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Pre-show interview videos with Kayla Jackson of 16 and Pregnant

ByAsa Hawks

16 and Pregnant‘s Kayla Jackson is a Formspring gal! In addition to answering well over 8,000 questions from friends, family, fans, haters and random spammers on the popular Q&A site she also treated her readers by answering some of their questions via recorded web cam videos! Keep reading to watch the two clips totaling over 12 minutes with extended cameos by lil Preston!

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PHOTOS BIO 16 and Pregnant’s Kayla Jackson, an anorexic teen from Minnesota

ByAsa Hawks

Find out just about everything you need to know about Kayla Jackson, the anorexic teen mom from the little town of Winthrop, Minnesota featured in tonight’s special hour-and-a-half episode of 16 and Pregnant. How did her eating disorder affect her pregnancy? What’s her relationship with the baby’s father now? What’s her favorite flavor of wings? It’s all here!

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PHOTO – Jwoww looks pretty and sweet in her floppy romantic hat

ByStarcasm Staff

It’s hard to deny it. Jersey Shore’s bad girl Jenni Jwoww Farley is a pretty lady sometimes (the rest of the time, she’s a pretty tough lady who will knock your teeth into your ankles if you look at her wrong, or a hot chick making unfortunate fashion choices). Shes looks especially lovely in this…

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Chelsea Handler had an abortion as a teen, hates 16 & Pregnant

ByStarcasm Staff

Chelsea Handler is an executive produer for some of the most mind-numbing reality tv on the planet: Pretty Wild. It featured two teenage girls who badly wanted to break into Hollywood. One of them, Alexis Niers, had to serve time in jail for being involved in the Bling Ring of kids who robbed stars’ homes,…

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Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley’s bond is unbreakable

ByDarren O

Call me crazy but when the dust settles in the Teen Mom universe and MTV is doing a 30th Anniversary Special my money is on troubled lovers Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley to be the couple together holding hands laughing at it all. Read Gary’s latest sweet-tweets to his tweetheart Ambs that includes the following poster child for social media information overload:

“Next to me half naked. Wearing my shirt.”

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VIDEO The Muppets wonderfully sneaky rom-com trailer

ByDarren O

The best film you very well may see in theaters right now is the trailer for the upcoming The Muppets movie. It was a sneaky little rom-com fooled you as stars Jason Segel and Amy Adams present a lead in to what could be the worst romantic comedy of all time but then Kermit and Miss Piggy and the rest of Henson’s gang crash the trailer just in the nick of time.

Check out the great trailer and a number of HD Stills including my personal favorite Fozzie Bear.

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PHOTO – RHNJ’s Joe Gorga as Snooki for Halloween

ByStarcasm Staff

Even though the Teresa Gorga Giudice  and brother Joe are engaged in a bone-crushing fight-to-the-death in the media at at various social events in New Jersey, there is one bright spot in all of this: Joe Gorga dressing up like Snooki from Jersey Shore. He dons the costume for a Halloween adult’s night out with…

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The Ricky Gervais Show’s Karl Pilkington to appear on The Simpsons

ByAsa Hawks

Homer Simpson is reportedly getting some competition in the hilariously charming buffoon category as the round-headed star of The Ricky Gervais Show, Karl Pilkington, will be paying a visit to Springfield in an upcoming episode! Actually, Karl’s animated visage may not actually be in Springfield, but will reportedly be on the show in the form of a clip according to Ricky Gervais. Keep reading for what Ricky actually said and satisfy your trivia thirst by finding out Ricky’ previous connection to Matt Groenig’s show!

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Is John Travolta costing Housewife Sonja Morgan $7 million?

ByDarren O

When I imagine a film involving NYC Housewife Sonja Morgan and it has the title Fast Flash Bang Time I guarantee you it has nothing to do with John Travolta! Anywho, sadly for Sonja this film that never happened is going to cost her 7 million according to a recent appellate court ruling. Find out about the film, who is getting Sonja’s money and why Sonja blames Vinnie Barbarino for the whole sordid affair!

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Taylor Swift ‘dress rehearsal’ raises nearly a million for tornado relief

ByDarren O

Taylor Swift has grown up quite a bit since her last full fledged tour and so has her stage act and fan base apparently. The popular singer held her final dress rehearsal in Nashville for the North American leg of her Speak Now World Tour and invited fans in to raise money for victims of the recent devastating tornadoes. The venue was packed as those in attendance saw multiple stage sets including a gazebo, spiral staircases, choreographed dancers that flew around with sparklers and several wardrobe changes by the singer. See images from the benefit as well as amateur video footage of the songs “Mean” and “Our Song.”

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Jane Seymour says Arnold has at least two more love children

ByStarcasm Staff

We haven’t been covering the Arnold Schwazenegger scandal as closely as we’d like to, but it’s definitely turning into a Tiger Woods-type deal. Except this time there is a child involved. Multiple children, according to Jane Seymour. The jewelry designer and former Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman dished out a little gossip to CNN. First of…

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Extreme sex, violence cause viewers to flee new Antonio Banderas film

ByDarren O

Part of the Cannes experience is the standard fare of envelope pushing foreign films that test the limits of an audience. This was certainly the case with Antonio Banderas’ latest called The Skin I Live In as many in attendance were unable to make it through the violent scenes of rape and surgical alteration that are part of the film that is being raved about by critics. See a trailer and an interview from Cannes with Banderas about the film and get a summary of the plot that seems like an attempt to one up the recent hit The Human Centipede.

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Teen Mom Jenelle Evans continues her Facebook meltdown, breaks up with Kieffer again

ByAsa Hawks

Jenelle Evans shocked the Teen Mom universe this weekend when she announced via Facebook that she was back together with hobo ex Kieffer Delp – all while she was in rehab! Since that time things have only gotten crazier as Jenelle announced tonight – in one of her patented profanity-laden Facebook tirades – that she and Kieffer are through. Again. Keep reading for the slightly censored version of Jenelle’s announcements in chronological order.

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The Bachelorette 7 spoilers: Investment banker Bentley Williams’s daughter Cozy is a heartbreaker

ByStarcasm Staff

2011’s The Bachelorette Season 7 with Ashley Hebert premieres tomorrow night, and we get to watch 25 producer-prodded strapping young men try to stand out from the crowd. One gentlemen gets so drunk he passes out, another tries a set-up a la Emily Maynard, but instead of a slap, he gives Ashley a big ole…

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How did Lady Gaga top Oprah on the Forbes Celebrity 100 List?

ByRuby Turpin

When you look at the 2011 Forbes Celebrity rankings, the first thing that pops out at you is that Oprah isn’t on top and Gaga is. A little closer look at what put Gaga on top uncovers something very interesting about this year’s rankings. If you look at salaries, Oprah’s $290 million dwarfs Gaga’s measly $90 million. And when you look at the television ranking, Oprah is still number one. So, what gave Gaga the edge?

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PHOTOS Snooki pulls a groin – this time it’s her own

ByAsa Hawks

We all know Snooki’s got some gymnastic chops as evidenced by some of her high school cheerleading videos as well as her recent showmanship inside a professional wrestling ring. But, Snooks may have been a bit out of practice when she decided to show off her Rockette Snookette high kick for photographers in Florence, Italy earlier today as she appears to injure herself in the Snooki cookie area.

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The Kardashians make a music video for Katy Perry’s E.T.

ByAsa Hawks

Somehow the entire Kardashian family found time between tapings of their numerous reality shows to create their own music video for Katy Perry’s “E.T.” single off her latest album Teenage Dream. The video features Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner, Bruce Jenner, Scott Disick, Rob Kardashian, Kris Humphries, Lamar Odom and little Mason Dash Disick at a tropical getaway showing off some serious beach bods and just having a damn fun time! (Includes screen cap highlights)

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January Jones’ Emma Frost character poster from X-Men: First Class

ByAsa Hawks

With Fox focusing on James McAvoy’s Professor James Xavier and Michael Fassbender’s Magneto for their North American marketing, we were forced to go overseas to dig up this character poster of Mad Men actress January Jones as Emma Frost in her Victoria’s Secret inspired Snow Queen costume! (And the rumor is she’s pregnant with the baby from someone that worked on the set. Is it any wonder?)

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Lady Gaga spoofs Suzanne Somers in SNL “3-Way” song with Justin Timberlake

ByStarcasm Staff

Lady Gaga teamed up with one of Starcasm’s favorite SNL hosts Justin Timberlake (the other favorites are Betty White, Alec Baldwin and Christopher Walken) for a follow up to the internet sensation “Mother Lover” (with Andy Samberg.) This time Andy and Justin, who also have the hit “D— in a Box,” brought us “3 way…

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Teen Mom Jenelle Evans says she’s back with Kieffer Delp

ByAsa Hawks

Teen Mom 2 star and chronic rabble rouser Jenelle Evans is currently in rehab in Malibu, California, but that doesn’t mean she’s not still able to stir up a little drama! After getting access to technology again on May 14 she has provided numerous updates on how she’s doing, including a mention about an hour ago that she and ex-boyfriend Kieffer Delp are back together! Keep reading for all the stuff leading up to the announcement as well as my conspiracy theory as to its real meaning.

FASHION FAIL Clotilde Hesme is “Half-and-Half” at Cannes

ByAsa Hawks

Clotilde Hesme was more like Clothideous Messme as she arrived for the 2011 Cannes premiere of This Must Be the Place wearing what appears to be two contrasting (and rather boring) dresses sewn together. Keep reading for the full fail Monty as well as my snarky but apologetic commentary that includes a little info on Clotilde’s otherwise impressive resume!

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PHOTO Jersey Shore’s Ronnie and Sammi holding hands in Italy – are they back together again again?

ByAsa Hawks

More photos of the Jersey Shore cast in Italy continue to come in and the latest batch features on again off again on again off again on again couple Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola holding hands and looking (as they do early in every season) to be a happy couple once more. (Collective sigh around the world) Keep reading for the PDA as well as a rather revealing photo of Ronnie in which the city of Florence attempts to tell Sammi what everyone else has been saying for years!

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Top Chef Masters Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: Taste Test, Date Night, Curtis Stone

ByRuby Turpin

Episode 7 of Season 3 of Top Chef Masters started with a taste test quickfire challenge, but not just a normal Top Chef taste test. These are the masters. These challenges have to be ridiculous. So . . . the taste test is really a “what can you do with one sense, alone” test. The first sense tested was taste, and the chefs had to wear headphones and noseplugs while they tasted things.

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Let the Games Begin: Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games

ByRuby Turpin

Fans of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy weren’t so sure director Gary Ross got it right when he cast Jennifer Lawrence as the books’ surly heroine, Katniss Everdeen. Now we can stop speculating about how Lawrence will look as Katniss and make up our own minds about Ross’s casting decision. Here she is!