Is Victoria’s Secret’s ‘Firework’ promo in poor taste?

ByDarren O

In an odd move CBS and Victoria’s Secret have released a promotional video for tonight’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2010 featuring razor thin super models lip-synching to Katy Perry’s new hit single “Firework.”

See the promo that comes across as a complete contradiction of everything Perry hoped her song would be about and represent as reflected in her official video for “Firework” that featured young adults with real life problems like, self image issues based on weight, for example.

VIDEO: Garth Brooks discusses Lifetime movie based on ‘Unanswered Prayers’

ByDarren O

For years folks have been knocking on Chris Gaines’ Garth Brooks’ door to try and get the rights to one of his hit songs and turn it in to a movie script. According to the reclusive artist he has been steadfast in refusing to allow this to happen until the right offer came. In an odd pairing it looks like the right person was Tanya Lopez with Lifetime.

See Brooks in an extremely rare sit down video interview and an “interesting” cover of the song in question in lieu of the original due to Garth’s stranglehold of his content on the internet.

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PHOTOS The baddest pickup truck ever is… a Volvo?

ByAsa Hawks

General Motors may have stopped production earlier this year on it’s Hummer brand of sports utility vehicles, but it appears there is already a bigger, badder brand of über SUV poised to take its place, and it may surprise you to know it has it’s origins in Sweden! See photos of the intimidating Volvosaurus, built right here in the good ol’ USA for the plant manager at Volvo’s Dublin, Virginia manufacturing facility!

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Northwestern offers class on ‘Mad Men’

ByDarren O

So you’re a freshman at Northwestern University and you need to schedule a class to fill out your credit hours while giving you free time to watch Mad Men back in your dorm over and over again.

Well why not combine the two and enroll in “Consumerism and Social Change in Mad Men America, 1960-1963?” That’s right, you can flex all your Sterling Cooper knowledge in this class being taught by history professor and Mad Men fan Michael Allen. Read all about what has to be the coolest accredited class in America!

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Teresa Giudice to host life advice seminar

ByDarren O

It turns out that money CAN buy you class. If you have a little free time on January 10th and 60 bucks to blow you can have Real Housewives of New Jersey reality TV star Teresa Giudice tell you in person how to change and then manage your life. So what can someone who went 11 million in debt, filed for bankruptcy and nearly had to auction off all her personal items teach you about success? Read on to find out!

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PHOTOS – Kim Zolciak’s house is for sale

ByStarcasm Staff

Newly engaged and sorta newly impregnated Kim Zolciak is joining the clubs of Real Housewives with Real Estate listed for sale! Her townhouse is currently on the market for $499,000. This isn’t really a gain from her buying price of $486,000 in 2006, but this is probably a sign that Kim’s shacking up with her…

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Teen Mom’s Amber Portwood regains custody of daughter Leah

ByStarcasm Staff

The day before Thanksgiving the mercurial Amber Portwood lost custody of her daughter Leah to the state of Indiana (who placed Leah with her dad Gary Shirley), but now US Weekly reports that mother and daughter have been reunited! An anonymous source from Anderson tells US: “Leah is moving into Amber’s new home, where Amber…

Winners from the 2010 IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards

ByAsa Hawks

The Independent Filmmaker Project’s 20th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were held in New York City tonight with 30 films being nominated in seven categories: Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance, Festival Genius Audience Award and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You. See a complete list of winners and photos from last night’s event!

Sheriff who arrested Willie Nelson suggests citizens arm themselves with guns in drug war

ByDarren O

As the entire internet has reported Willie Nelson has been arrested in Hudspeth County, Texas for marijuana possession. After a little research I found an interesting Fox News video that does not bode well for the Red Headed Stranger. The County Sheriff, Arvin West, wears an eleven-gallon-hat and openly encourages his citizens to arm themselves in the war on drugs! See Arvin’s message that lets us all know that west Texas is still the wild west and is certainly no country for old men (like Willie).

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VIDEO PHOTOS Adrien Arpel designs Kim Zolciak Christmas ornament for HSN?

ByAsa Hawks

Are you a huge Real Housewives of Atlanta fan? Is your Christmas tree lacking divatude? Do you want to help out St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and have an extra $40 laying around? If you answered yes to all these questions then head over to the Home Shopping Network and purchase your very own HSN Cares exclusive Adrien Arpel 2010 Heart Ornament! It’s like having Kim Zolciak’s head (and wig!) on a string!

Keep reading for photos and a disturbing video of the holiday Zolciaccessory as well as a few other curious celebrity ornaments offered by HSN this season!

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PHOTOS Megababe Angelina Jolie attends ‘Megamind’ premiere in Paris with that Brad guy

ByAsa Hawks

Real life super-heroine Angelina Jolie took a break from not celebrating Thanksgiving to support her husband Brad Pitt’s fledgling acting career by attending the Paris premiere of Brad’s cartoon flick Megamind. See lots of photos of Her Joliness in all black as she signs autographs and introduces her husband to the thousands of fans that turned otu to see her.

Kim Zolciak at at Millions of Milkshakes
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Kim Zolciak is engaged to Kroy Biermann!

ByAsa Hawks

First comes buns, then comes a baby in a baby carriage, then comes marriage! Or something like that.

Real Housewives of Atlanta‘s wig-wearing female drag queen and chart-topping musician Kim Zolciak is reportedly engaged to her future baby daddy Kroy Biermann, who she first met at a dancing charity event in Atlanta after noticing his sexy backside on the dance floor. Keep reading for all the deets!

VIDEO: In Memoriam – Leslie Nielsen’s 1959 screen test for BEN-HUR

ByDarren O

Hollywood lost one of its most recognizable and legendary actors when Leslie Nielsen passed away yesterday at the age of 84. While Nielsen will be most remembered for his unforgettable spoof roles in the Airplane and Naked Gun franchises he also took his turn in a fair share of straight dramatic roles.

Check out a wonderful vintage clip of the late Leslie Nielsen as he auditions in a screen test for the ’59 version of BEN-HUR along side Cesare Danova.

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Love (and pill) addicted Rachel Uchitel wants to be a private eye

ByStarcasm Staff

The first mistress from the Tiger Woods Thanksgiving saga last year is now on the mend from her addiction to love (and pills) and is ready to turn her life around. She got treated on the television reality show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, and now wants to be a private eye! She’s even getting…

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PHOTO Willie Nelson’s mug shot from his most recent pot arrest in Sierra Blanca, Texas

ByAsa Hawks

Country music legend (and my personal guru) Willie Nelson was arrested again last week for pot possession after Willie’s tour bus was stopped at a Sierra Blanca, Texas checkpoint and a diligent officer smelled Willie Nelson marijuana. See his mugshot from the Hudspeth County jail and watch video evidence of the horrible effects of a lifetime of pot smoking as Willie recites the lyrics to “Me and Paul” and performs “I Never Cared For You.”

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Kelsey Grammer buys luxurious NYC apartment with fiancee

ByDarren O

In what may be a direct slap-in-the-face to his ex-wife and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast mate Camille Grammer, Frazier star Kelsey Grammer has purchased and will be moving in to a lavish multi-million dollar New York City Apartment with his fiancee Kayte Walsh.

Find out about all of Kelsey’s Camille upgrades including a photo of the Manhattan glass tower that Kelsey and his pregnant stewardess fiancee will be calling home.

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PHOTO: Kim Zolciak denies smoking while aware of pregnancy

ByDarren O

Kim Zolciak may find it more difficult to arrive to her parties on time now that she has the full force of the pregnancy police on her fabulous ATL backside. The fine folks at TMZ claim to have a photo that shows Kim puffing away while preggers. Not only is Kim sharing a cig with her baby-to-be but the timeline would indicate that it was after she KNEW about her “delicate condition.”

See the full photo and the timeline of events that would indicate Kim’s poor puff decision and read her denial via Twitter all right here.

Val Tignini from Bama Belles
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PHOTOS VIDEOS Meet Val Tignini from ‘Bama Belles’ and ValSecrets.com

ByAsa Hawks

Brooklyn-born Val Tignini is the fish out of water on Bama Belles, TLC’s take on Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise set in the small town of Dotha, Alabama. Keep reading for photos, videos and a brief bio of this sexy media mogulista, including details about her successful web site and her adorable partner BeBe!

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RHOA Cynthia Bailey’s husband Peter Thomas says Phaedra Parks “is an idiot”

ByAsa Hawks

Peter Thomas is the 50-year-old night club owner who accomplished the very difficult task of tying down supermodel and chronic runaway bride Cynthia Bailey when the couple got married earlier this year. The uber-suave Peter talked with Essence.com recently about how he met Cynthia and pulled no punches when asked about the other new Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member, Phaedra Parks!

PHOTO Kim Kardashian is Dead (Campaign for Keep A Child Alive)

ByAsa Hawks

On December 1st, 2010 Kim Kardashian will die. Digitally anyway.

The bodaciously buxom and beautiful reality starlet will abandon all things interwebs beginning on World AIDS Day (December 1) as part of a fund raising event to support Alicia Keys’ ‘Keep A Child Alive’ campaign. Keep reading to see the startling poster, find out what other celebrities are also participating in the campaign and see what you can do to help bring Kim and the other back to life! (We need our Kim tweets y’all!)

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PHOTO Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal together in Nashville

ByAsa Hawks

The first photographic evidence has emerged to validate the rumors that singer Taylor Swift and actor Jake Gyllenhaal are an item! the two were spotted and snapped together at the Fido eatery and coffee shop in Nashville, Tennessee earlier today! Keep reading to see the historic image and read a couple firsthand accounts from Facebookers who were there!

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PHOTOS Teen Mom Amber Portwood visits Pyschiatric clinic in Anderson

ByAsa Hawks

Amber Portwood has mentioned on several occasions that she is receiving therapy for the anger issues responsible for her multiple violent attacks against her former fiance Gary Shirley, attacks that have since led to multiple charges of felonious battery and the couple’s daughter Leah becoming a ward of the state of Indiana. The Teen Momerazzi were in tow as Amber attended one of her therapy sessions at the Anderson Psychiatric Clinic in her hometown on November 4th, 2010.

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Kat Von D continues book tour after losing house and cat in a fire

ByStarcasm Staff

Although she tragically lost both her house and her beloved hairless cat Valentine in a fire last weekend, Kat von D is continuing her book signing tour like a trooper. Black Friday she showed up for an event at Waterstones Piccadilly in London, looking perfectly alternative in a shredded black shirt with spotless hair and…

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PHOTOS Megan Fox at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom for Thanksgiving with husband Brian Austin Green

ByAsa Hawks

Megan Fox was more like Megan Mouse as she and husband Brian Austin Green turned Turkey Day into Mickey Day at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida Thursday. See the official souvenir shot and a few more from tourists with cameras and a Twitter or Facebook account!

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PHOTO Grizzly bear uses a soft shoulder sign as a back scratcher

ByAsa Hawks

In a brand new, completely re-imagined interpretation of “bear trap” a grizzly bear in Denali National Park in Alaska looks downright enticing while scratching an itch on a soft shoulder road sign. See the cute picture as well as another photo with a more subtly appropriate street sign back scratcher!

PHOTOS Michelle Bombshell McGee at ‘Sexpo’ in Australia

ByAsa Hawks

In the latest edition of Celebrity Mistress: Where Are They Now? former Jesse James boink buddy Michelle “Bombshell” McGee turned up down under at the adult entertainment exhibition, ‘Sexpo’ in Melbourne, Australia.

The infamous tattooed other woman seemed to be in her element surrounded by sex toys, novelty items and indescribably surreal Sexpo mascots that eerily resemble Jesse James. Keep reading for the Bombshell sandwich that could be considered NSFW!

Woman wears bikini to LAX to avoid TSA pat down

ByDarren O

It seems like everyone in America has an opinion in regards to the new TSA pat down procedures taking place at airports nationwide. Whether you’re on the side of added security or feel that the whole thing is an overload government abomination, I think we can all agree that the following lady has the perfect solution: Wear a sexy little bikini in hopes that you can avoid the security frisking!

Keep reading to see multiple video interviews at LAX and see multiple bikini shots of Corinne Theile – America’s latest airline hero!

VIDEO: Cars and a bus struggle during Seattle’s recent snow storm

ByDarren O

In a late nomination for this particular blogger’s amateur YouTube video of the year a videographer finds himself in a prime location during the recent snow storm in Seattle. During this almost 6 minute clip car after car after car and then a big ol’ City bus lose traction and slide down a steep and icy John St. on Capitol Hill.

Check it out and say you were one of the first million to see what is sure to become a viral classic!

VIDEO Paul McCartney falls on stage in Sao Paulo, Brazil

ByAsa Hawks

Watch Sir Paul McCartney transform from a “Day Tripper” to a night tripper as he faceplants into a row of speakers while exiting the stage after a concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil November 21, 2010. (He appears to be OK afterward so I figured it wasn’t too soon to include a looping animated gif of the fall.)

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PHOTOS VIDEO Black Eyed Peas “The Time (Dirty Bit)” with screen caps

ByAsa Hawks

The Black-Eyed Peas just released a new music video for their single “The Time (Dirty Bit)” off their album The Beginning which drops next Tuesday, November 30. In the video the Peas introduce the world to a new form of art: Rubik’s Cubism! Dancers and singers are transformed into 3-D pixelations right before your eyes in what has to be considered the music video grandchild of Dire Straits’ digitized “Money For Nothing” from the early ’80s. Keep reading to watch the video, see screen captures and watch Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes’ classic duet that inspired the tune!

VIDEO: Kanye West’s Beautiful Dark Twisted live rant

ByDarren O

Kanye West surprised the N.Y.C. with a live performance last night at the Bowery Ballroom. Following a complete live performance of his critically acclaimed new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy he launched in to a sermon-on-the-mount Kanye rant for the ages.

Subjects covered in the 10 minute preachifyin’ include; the people’s need for him to make more music, the critics trying to keep him from making said music, Taylor Swift, his great reviews, bullying, domestic abuse, his defense that George W. Bush is a racist yet is still someone who deserves redemption for surviving being villainized, blogger hang ups projected upon him… Oh forget it! Just watch Mr. Dichotomy at his very best!

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Teen Mom’s Amber loses baby Leah to the state

ByStarcasm Staff

After several domestic violence episodes caught by MTV cameras and reported to the police (not to mention other incidents that happened privately) Teen Mom‘s Amber Portwood has officially lost custody of her baby Leah. Amber was recently charged with one misdemeanor and two felony domestic violence counts based on the violence recorded by MTV as…

PHOTOS 2010 New York City Christmas themed store window displays

ByAsa Hawks

It’s that time of year again! That time of year when the Michelangelos and Picassos of retail display descend upon Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue in downtown New York City and create their temporary masterpieces and energize the sense of wonder of thousands of Big Apple holiday shoppers! Here is a collection of the class of 2010 with everything ranging from Lady Gaga riding a quilted Pegasus to a reptilian underwater celestial world to a disturbing array of male and female celebrity chefs in various states of glutinous caricature. I don’t know about you, but I’m beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

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RHBH Lisa Vanderpump and Giggy mansion on the market for $29 million – photos of the lush pad

ByStarcasm Staff

Lisa Vanderpump,  Giggilo pup Giggy The Pom, and husband Ken are putting their house/mansion/villa on the market for $29 million, and fellow Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards’ husband Mauricio is their real estate agent. This place is insane! It’s got 7 bedroom, 1 bathrooms, a wall-to-wall black pool room, and a closet…

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PHOTO VIDEO Chris Brown’s alleged gay lover comes forward

ByAsa Hawks

The folks over at H8teradeblog.com have been talking with a man named Jordan who claims to have participated in multiple sexual encounters with singer Chris Brown, “often times involving another girl, some times just them.” See a photo of the man and Chris Brown and watch a video in which he claims that his relationship with Chris was the reason for the terrible fight with Rihanna that sent her to the hospital!

Julia Louis-Dreyfus lands lead role in HBO comedy

ByDarren O

Louis-Dreyfus has signed on to star in and produce Veep, an HBO comedy pilot written by Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci. Julia will play Vice President and former Senator Selina Meyer who discovers that being the V.P. is, “nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned about.”

Bonus: Check out a clip from Iannucci’s short run but wildly popular British show for a taste of what to expect when Veep hits the airwaves.

Hell’s Kitchen winner Holli Ugalde denied promised dream job

ByDarren O

The soul-sucking fate of having to endure chef Gordon Ramsay’s profanity laced tirades is bad enough but imagine what it would be like if you won and were STILL denied your promised dream job! Welcome to the world of poor Holli Ugalde, winner for season 7 of Hell’s Kitchen.

Find out what fu&*ing went wrong, how she is being compensated in lieu of the job and what her and chef Ramsay’s reactions are to the disappointing news.

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Ke$ha’s wacky fashion goes 3D for Jimmy Kimmel Live

ByDarren O

Ke$ha was back at her, “Fashion: You’re Doing It Wrong” ways following a taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live that is set to air tonight. Double decker 3D glasses combined with leather and studs topping animal print spandex just doesn’t do it for me. Actually I don’t think I want to meet the person this WOULD do it for. Maybe the “$’s” nutty get ups will become endearing someday but I doubt it!

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Escort Capri Anderson claims Charlie Sheen offered hush money; Sheen sues over $1 million exhortion

ByStarcasm Staff

The porn star who was locked in the bathroom during Charlie Sheen’s plaza rampage gave ABC’s Good Morning America and Nightline shows her version of what went down that night. She says she was hired for a fee of $3500 to escort Charlie to dinner, a sum she says she still hasn’t been paid. The…

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PHOTOS Preview of ‘The Hasselhoffs’ starring Taylor-Ann, Hayley and David Hasselhoff

ByAsa Hawks

David Hasselhoff returns to television December 5 with the premiere of The Hasselhoffs, an A&E original reality series about The Hoff and his two daughters Taylor Ann, 20, and Hayley, 18 as they struggle with all the positive and negative trials and tribulations that come with being a Hasselhoff. Find out all about the show and see some sneak peek images from the first couple episodes!

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PHOTOS RHOA’s Kim Zolciak confirms she is pregnant!

ByAsa Hawks

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak has confirmed with Life & Style magazine that she is pregnant with Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann’s baby, confirming what was thought to just be a rumor started by Kim’s ex lesbian lover DJ Tracy Young! The father is Kim’s boyfriend of six months, Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann. Keep reading for all the details and find out if the RHOA Atlanta will have another shotgun wedding any time soon!

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Lindsay Lohan’s “Inferno” replacement Malin Akerman is a singer too

ByStarcasm Staff

Actress Malin Akerman of 27 Dresses and Watchmen fame has been chosen to replace troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan in the Linda Lovelace biopic Inferno. Akerman not only favors LiLo in appearance but has at least one other trait in common. No she’s not strung out on anything, she moonlights as a vocalist!

See an official music video for MaAk’s band The Petalstones (yes this is actually their name) as well as an eye opening and ear splitting live clip from L.A.’s Viper Room. Then decide for your self which 70’s porn star portrayin’ actress has the better singin’ chops.

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PHOTOS Taylor Swift’s shocking new look at the 2010 AMAs!

ByAsa Hawks

Taylor Swift went through an unbelievable transformation before her appearance at the 2010 American Music Awards, loooking more like a 20-year-old supermodel than a country singer with her new makeup style and straightened blond hair. Click to see the pictures – I promise you won’t believe your eyes!

Is Kim Zolciak really a nurse? Photo of her LPN nursing license
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Is Kim Zolciak really a nurse? Photo of her LPN nursing license

ByStarcasm Staff

Kim Zolciak has had a lot of careers: reality star, golddigger, and waitressing at a strip-club, but she’s also a Licensed Practicing Nurse! Mikala Lifa from Yahoo Shine! tracked down the “Tardy for the Party” singer’s licenses in both Connecticut and Georgia. The evidence is right there folks, for all the naysayers who claimed that…

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PHOTOS Kelly Osbourne shows off her new 112-pound body at AMAs

ByAsa Hawks

Kelly Osbourne is the latest poster child for successful weight loss and she proudly showed off her accomplishments on the red carpet at the 2010 American Music Awards in a tight ‘n’ sexy black lace dress and a huge, poofy-retro blond hairdo! Also, see the complete lack of Kelly belly as the first daughter of heavy metal strips down to a bikini for Shape magazine!

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2010 AMA Red Carpet PHOTOS – Miley Cyrus wears a toilet paper dress to the American Music Awards

ByStarcasm Staff

The Fashion Police are probably going to arrest Miley for this one. This provocative teen queen showed up at the 2010 American Music Awards in a white mini-dress with silver ruching that had a giant, toilet paper looking bow on the back that turned into a long toilet-paper looking train. It looks like a dress…

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PHOTOS Teen Mom Amber Portwood moves out of her apartment, MTV films away

ByStarcasm Staff

It seems Teen Mom Amber Portwood is starting over from scratch! In addition to getting a new boyfriend (CLICK HERE to see photos of Amber and her new beau, mixed martial arts cage fighter Clinton Yunker!) and a new tattoo, Amber has gotten new digs! That’s right, Amber’s infamous second-floor Anderson, Indiana apartment is a…

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PHOTOS – David Arquette got an arm tattoo of his grandfather

ByStarcasm Staff

David Arquette, still in the clutches of a separation from his 11-year marriage with Courteney Cox because she was sick of “mothering” him, hasn’t really done much to change his childish ways. First he hooked up with Jasmine Waltz, a cocktail waitress and aspiring starlet famous for allegedly slapping Lindsay Lohan and hooking up with…

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PHOTOS Teen Mom Amber Portwood’s new boyfriend Clinton Yunker

ByAsa Hawks

It seems Teen Mom Amber Portwood has finally moved on from her volatile relationship with baby daddy Gary Shirley! Amber, who was just charged with two felony count and one misdemeanor count of battery for assaulting Gary, was photographed all over her hometown of Anderson, Indiana with her new boyfriend, Clinton Yunker!

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Kim Zolciak spoofs herself in a funny infomercial video

ByStarcasm Staff

We make a lot of posts about Kim Zolciak on Starcasm.net because we’re sort of obsessed with her. We think she’s wonderful, and love everything from her wigs to her raspy southern, doyouthinkIgiveaneff cigarette-worn voice, and this funny video just makes our obsession worse. It looks like this girl, (who has, incidently been chasing dicks…

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PHOTOS – Kate Bosworth has multi-colored eyes

ByStarcasm Staff

Kate Bosworth has some really unique, multi-colored eyes. Her left eye is mostly blue, but her right has a pronounced brown/hazel color on the bottom with blue at the top. Ms. Bosworth attended the premiere of her latest film The Warrior’s Way, in which she portrays a knife-thrower with a secret, and photogs got some…

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Will Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson get married? Glee cover of “Marry You” by Bruno Mars

ByStarcasm Staff

Are Rachel Berry and Finn getting married? Unfortunately not, but there will be two weddings on next weeks’ Glee episode (“Furt”) and R & F will perfom “Marry You” by Bruno Mars. The first wedding is Finn’s mom and Kurt’s dad, and the second wedding is Sue Sylvester’s marriage to . . . . herself!…

Joan Baez hospitalized after falling out of her treehouse, Republicans not surprised

ByAsa Hawks

Singer Joan Baez took a plunge while descending from her Woodside, California treehouse Wednesday, setting the “Folk Singers Are Normal People Too” movement back about 40 years and possibly inspiring a Tea Party musical on Broadway titled The Night They Drove Ol’ Baez Down. I wouldn’t be poking fun if Joan wasn’t OK, which she is. Nancy Lutzow, who runs Baez’s Menlo Park production company, tells Mercury News that the singer is “resting comfortably” after being released from a Stanford hospital.

Keep reading to find out more about Joan’s tree hugging living ways from a 2008 interview!