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  • Laptop Sales See New Revival After Decline Of Tablet

    Laptop Sales See New Revival After Decline Of Tablet

    Laptop sales have been increasing lately with the decline of tablet sales. The tablet, once touted as the laptop killer, is slowly sinking in popularity.

    The reason behind the increase in laptop sales is said to be partly due to Microsoft stopping its support for the Windows XP operating system.

    Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly stands by this idea as the driving force behind increasing laptop sales.

    He said on Wednesday, “The tablets boomed and now are crashing. The volume has really gone down in the last several months. But I think the laptop has something of a revival because it’s becoming more versatile.”

    With the introduction of devices like the Microsoft Surface, the lines between tablet and laptop became somewhat blurred. This has been a popular option, especially for students. Who wants to carry around both?

    Joly said of the combination, “So, with the two-in-ones, you have the opportunity to have both a tablet and laptop, and that’s appealing to students in particular. So you have an evolution. The boundaries are not as well defined as they used to be.”

    The growth in laptop sales isn’t astronomical, but it is enough to make one not see them as down for the count.

    Joly says part of the problem with the tablet, which is causing its sales to decrease and laptop sales to rise, could be that there hasn’t been a great need for replacement if you have a tablet.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lay532mncvg

    “As a consumer. I think replacement is the issue. The penetration has gone so fast that it’s reaching an amazing degree and therefore it becomes more of a replacement market, and the level of innovation in the past year has not been as great as it had been in the previous two years. So, there again, the jury’s out in terms of what’s going to happen, because it’s going to depend on what innovation comes to market. But you need a reason to replace.”

    What do you think? Are you ready to ride the wave of increasing laptop sales and give up your tablet? Or do you still love the convenience and portability of a tablet too much?

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  • Kelly Ripa: Michael Strahan’s Homewrecker?

    Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan have great chemistry on the air during their morning show, Live with Kelly & Michael. That is what makes the show so fun to watch.

    However, that chemistry with Kelly Ripa is rumored to be causing some strife in Michael Strahan’s relationship.

    News broke on Friday that Michael was no longer engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Nicole Murphy.

    Michael Strahan’s rep said in a statement, “They love each other very much, but with the distance and work schedule it has been hard to maintain the relationship.”

    Reportedly, Michael works with Kelly Ripa on Live with Kelly and Michael in New York, while Nicole Murphy travels back and forth to film her TV show, Hollywood Exes. Nicole Murphy is the ex-wife of comedian Eddie Murphy.

    The couple had been engaged for five years before breaking up. This news led to widespread speculation that the chemistry between Michael and Kelly Ripa may be more than just on air.

    Back in April, Nicole made remarks to talk show host Wendy Williams that indicated the couple was having trouble finding time to plan a wedding. She said, “We might just have to run off and elope. We’ve been busy though, this has been crazy.”

    She added, “The man’s got 20 jobs right now. He’s just busy.”

    One of those jobs was filming his show with Kelly Ripa.

    During the same time period that she made those remarks, Nicole was combating rumors of unfaithfulness. She was rumored to be seen getting very close to French dancer Larry Bourgeois at a Hollywood party. She is also an admitted serial cheater. So is Kelly Ripa to blame? Or perhaps, more likely, Nicole Murphy?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv8Utoj35r4

    Kelly Ripa has a famously good marriage to Mark Consuelos and the couple has three children together. They seem very happy and Kelly Ripa constantly gushes about her husband and family.

    I would have a hard time believing that chemistry between Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan is what ended his five-year engagement. Sounds like someone was maybe just (rightly) hesitant to marry a serial cheater?

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  • Kelly Ripa Talks Paul Walker With Vin Diesel

    Kelly Ripa and Vin Diesel have a history together. Who knew? The perky host of Live with Kelly & Michael helped the Fast & Furious actor out in his bouncing days.

    Apparently, bouncer Vin Diesel convinced some club owners to let him throw a party. Who did Vin call to liven up the shindig? Kelly Ripa, that’s who.

    “I’m so fun at a party,” Kelly Ripa said. Obviously. If anyone seems like they’d be fun at a party, it’s Kelly Ripa, right? Vin Diesel confirmed that suspicion.

    “She tore the party up,” Diesel said.

    That’s not the only thing Kelly Ripa has been tearing up lately. She has also been tearing up her workout studio while working on her fitness. The late-to-the-instagram-party talk show host posted this photo with her trainer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfS61W_sYI

    But, I digress.

    It wasn’t all fun and games on Friday’s episode of Live with Kelly & Michael, however. Kelly Ripa did delve into the death of Vin Diesel’s co-star, Paul Walker. Reportedly, Paul Walker‘s brothers stepped in to finish filming on the latest movie, which almost got scrapped after Paul Walker’s death.

    “They don’t teach you in acting how to mourn someone and simultaneously pretend they are in a scene with you,” he told Kelly Ripa of finishing the latest Fast & Furious film without Walker. “It’s one of the darker moments in my journey … It was so sudden, so unexpected.”

    Kelly Ripa also got a chance to see Vin Diesel with hair during his early days as a street performer.

    “Let me just tell you, you look so much better without hair,” Kelly Ripa said.

    He does indeed look great without hair. I agree, Kelly Ripa!

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  • Nicole Richie Loves Being A Mother

    Nicole Richie Loves Being A Mother

    Nicole Richie is known for trying to keep her private life…well…private. But now, thanks to Oprah, she is beginning to open up to the world about what her life is like. On Oprah Winfrey’s Where Are They Now?, she revealed much about her life as wife to Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden.

    “From the second we found out we were going to be parents together, we looked at each other and said, ‘OK, both of our parents are divorced, we’ve both had ups and downs with our parents, and we don’t exactly have a strong example of what a healthy family life is,” Nicole Richie admits. “But, we’re recognizing that now, so let’s work at it. Let’s go through this together as a team, and it’s been great. And I would say that that’s the easiest and hardest part.”

    Obviously she is much different now than she appeared to be when she was Paris Hilton’s cohort on The Simple Life. Nicole Richie is a wife and also the loving mother of two kids, Harlow, six, and Sparrow, who is four.

    Having kids changes who you are, we all know that. And the same seems to be true for Nicole Richie. She has a strategy for being a good parent and giving her kids the best she can.

    “My kids operate best when I let them have a voice, and I really explain things to them,” she says. “Because really, kids want to be told the truth. They just do. They want you to be truthful.”

    For Nicole Richie, being a parent is absolutely the most fulfilling part of her life these days.

    “It’s the best. It teaches you a lot about yourself and about patience and about coming from a place of love and constant compassion,” she said.

    Nicole Richie continued, “Having kids gives you the opportunity to be the real you. I love being a mother and being a real example to my kids. It’s fun – you get to relive your childhood all over again.”

    Sweet thoughts! So glad Nicole Richie has grown up to be a great mother and decent human being.

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  • Kristin Cavallari Drops Baby Weight Like A Bad Habit

    Kristin Cavallari has bounced right back into pre-pregnancy shape only about 12 weeks after giving birth to her second son, Jaxon Wyatt. Many would like to know just how this happens.

    Cavallari made a fabulous return to the red carpet for the International Fashion Film Awards in Beverly Hills Sunday and looked as though she hadn’t just carried a baby for nine months.

    Her workout had a lot to do with Kristin Cavallari’s quick transformation. Just three short weeks later, she was working out four to five times a week for 30 to 45 minutes. Wow. She must have been getting a lot more sleep than most mothers of newborns get!

    “I’ve really been focusing on my legs and butt,” Kristin Cavallari said. “My stomach needs the most work but that takes time more than anything and diet plays a huge role.”

    Diet definitely plays a huge role in losing that baby weight. What is Kristin Cavallari’s diet secret?

    “I’m a freak about what I put in my mouth,” Kristin Cavallari said on Friday. “I’m constantly reading labels and I don’t eat any toxic chemicals, so I think that plays a huge role. I’m breast-feeding, which burns a ton of calories, and I can probably just thank my mama too, you know.”

    Ah, genetics. The word that takes away hope from the masses. Well, at least we can help the eating part.

    Kristin Cavallari admitted that she has enjoyed having both of her boys at home up until a few days ago when her first son, Camden, suddenly hit those “terrible twos”.

    “He’s been great, up until the last two days,” Kristin Cavallari said. “Yesterday I was feeding Jaxon and he threw a sippy cup at his head and started to kick him, so we’re sort of in that phase right now.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmai6S-addw

    Yeah, some of us have been there and understand how that goes. She did say that Camden’s attitude is generally good and he likes to help mama with the baby. That’s a good thing since Kristin Cavallari’s husband, Jay Cutler, has been out of town. The Chicago Bears’ star quarterback has been at training camp. It’s that time of the year!

    Motherhood isn’t all that Kristin Cavallari has going on right now, as if that isn’t enough. She is also rolling out her fifth Kristin Cavallari by Chinese Laundry shoe collection that is incredibly popular.

    Congrats to Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler on their new addition!

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  • Erin Andrews Critic Causes Major Losses For Entercom

    Erin Andrews has caught some serious flack from many different directions after the announcement that she will be taking over Pam Oliver’s spot on the sidelines with Fox Sports.

    The move proved to be a controversial one, opening those in charge of the switch to widespread speculation.

    In a scathing blog post, Jeff Pearlman wrote of Pam Oliver,

    “…she [Oliver] also has never, ever, ever used the medium to turn herself into a nonsense-endorsing celebrity spokesperson for dietary supplements and the like. In pro athlete translation, Erin Andrews would be, oh, Mark Sanchez; Pam Oliver is Peyton Manning.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZughU9pCS0

    He continued of the Erin Andrews switch, “However, Pam Oliver is also 53. And African-American. She isn’t white and blonde and perky. These days, that’s what sideline reporters almost always are—blonde and perky. They’re eye candy for the neanderthals who need eye candy.”

    This seems to be the general feeling on the Erin Andrews and Pam Oliver Switch. However, criticism of Andrews came to a climax with WEEI’s Kirk Minihane’s comments. They went like this:

    “I hate her! What a gutless b!*ch! Go away. Drop dead. I mean, seriously what the hell is wrong with her? First of all, follow-up. Second of all, the guy admitted he did it. He admitted he told reporters he threw a couple of pipe bombs. How is that social media’s fault? I hate her. Don’t you love social media? Yeah…social media is — shut up. shut up. i’m sure she’s a nice person, but she’s…she’s probably a b!*ch. I hate her.”

    Now, Fox is pulling all advertising from WEEI and its parent company Entercom because Fox execs weren’t impressed with Minihane’s so-called apology to Erin Andrews.

    This serious blow will effect over 100 radio stations, but it did finally generate a response from the hereto silent Entercom.

    “Kirk Minihane’s statements regarding Erin Andrews were offensive and deplorable,” they said. “It is clear by the response from our listeners, advertisers, and employees that Kirk’s efforts to apologize and make this right have been insufficient and ambiguous. We want to make it unequivocally clear that his comments were unacceptable and do not reflect Entercom’s values and standards.”

    What do you think? Better late than never or too little too late?

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  • Paulina Gretzky’s Fiance Reportedly Suspended From PGA Tour

    According to a report from Golf.com, Paulina Gretzky’s fiance, golfer Dustin Johnson, has been suspended from the PGA tour for six months. He has reportedly tested positive for cocaine.

    The golfer, who has been engaged to Paulina Gretzky since last summer, has had quite the troubled history with drugs. He tested positive for marijuana five years ago and cocaine once before in 2012.

    He will be on the mend now, however, hopefully with the help of Paulina Gretzky. He announced, a day before the cocaine news was released, that he was taking time off from the tour in order to “seek professional help for personal challenges”.

    “I will use this time to seek professional help for personal challenges I have faced,” he said in a statement. “By committing the time and resources necessary to improve my mental health, physical well-being and emotional foundation, I am confident that I will be better equipped to fulfill my potential and become a consistent champion.”

    UPDATE: The PGA Tour has issued a statement,

    “With regard to media reports that Dustin Johnson has been suspended by the PGA Tour, this is to clarify that Mr Johnson has taken a voluntary leave of absence and is not under a suspension from the PGA Tour.”

    Paulina Gretzky’s fiance continued, “I respectfully ask my fans, well-wishers and the media for privacy as I embark upon this mission of self-improvement.”

    I’m sure Paulina Gretzky is standing by her man and will help him through this rough time, but she did ruffle a few feathers when she removed a photo of Dustin Johnson helping her make a putt that was captioned “Best Caddy Ever”. However, there are still many, many photos of the couple lurking about Paulina Gretzky’s social media pages.

    Dustin Johnson’s hiatus from the PGA tour comes as no big surprise to the people who are around him the most. No word yet if Paulina Gretzky is shocked by the news, but his buddies and those he works with aren’t.

    “It’s one of the least-kept secrets on Tour how much [Johnson] likes to party,’’ one PGA Tour source said.

    “He’s always lived fast,’’ another source blabbed. “Maybe he realizes now it’s time to slow down.’’

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rolqv73JJfo

    Hopefully Dustin Johnson can salvage his life and career for the sake of his future with Paulina Gretzky!

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  • Evelyn Lozada Fights “Gold Digger” Allegations

    Evelyn Lozada is fighting back after her ex-fiance, Antoine Walker, accused her of ditching their 19-year relationship when he ran into financial trouble.

    Walker said on a radio show that Evelyn Lozada “reaped a lot of benefits of my wealth. And when it got tight, she chose to go a different direction. So that’s the problem that I have with Evelyn.”

    That’s a pretty serious accusation against Basketball Wives alum Evelyn Lozada.

    He went on to say of Evelyn Lozada, “That’s why I have a problem with Evelyn,” he said. “It’s more personal. It’s tough when you take care of some people and you make sure that they’re good, their family, their daughters and then they just go left field.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APaLlppTT04

    Evelyn Lozada has moved on since her relationship with Antoine Walker fell apart. She was very briefly married to Chad Johnson and then she got engaged to Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford. The pair just had a son, Carl Leo.

    Evelyn Lozada isn’t letting Antoine Walker’s comments go unchecked. Shortly after his allegations were public she said, “I don’t talk about you, why talk about me?! Move on. It’s been 5 years! He was still playing in the league when I chalked up the deuces and before he filed bankruptcy, so please quit with the lies.”

    Lozada then shared the real reason she left, “He got left because he was cheating.”

    Ouch. So the truth comes out? Who knows. But Evelyn Lozada may never escape the label that has been placed on her by Walker, no matter what she does to attempt to clear her name.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFToPCIpZ8w

    When she had her baby, Carl Leo, with Carl Crawford, Wendy Williams congratulated Evelyn Lozada. However, she then referred to the newborn baby boy as a “cash register”.

    Low blow, Wendy Williams. Low blow.

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  • Shaquille O’Neal Being Sued By Disabled Man

    Shaquille O’Neal is being sued by a man he ridiculed on Instagram back in April.

    Shaquille O’Neal made fun of Jahmel Binion, 22, by posting a photo of himself making a face meant to humiliate Binion. Binion has a rare condition called ectodermal dysplasia, which cause abnormal development of the skin, hair, teeth, nails or sweat glands.

    He issued an apology shortly after an outcry ensued from the rest of us in decent civilization. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame and Utah Jazz Point Guard Trey Burke also apologized, as they had been in on Shaquille O’Neal’s fun.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5pUkjm14yU

    The trio claimed they didn’t know about Binion’s condition and Binion seemed to turn a bad situation into a good one. After Shaquille O’Neal’s humiliating post, Binion created the immensely popular Hug Don’t Judge Facebook page that has attracted attention from all over the world and now has over 22,000 members.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvsS57YHkFA

    “They tell me I’m ‘amazing.’ I’m an ‘inspiration.’ I’m a ‘hero’ and a ‘role model.’ ‘Don’t give up. Keep this going. You made a difference,’” Jahmel Binion said of the support he garnered from his Hug Don’t Judge page. He said despite initially feeling humiliated by Shaquille O’Neal and his selfie, he knows that he is “blessed”.

    “I wasn’t supposed to live past five-years-old so everyday I wake up, I’m blessed,” he said.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhukLhQZu90

    Apparently Shaquille O’Neal’s apology wasn’t good enough after all. Binion is suing Shaq, saying he caused “emotional distress, invaded his privacy and defamed” him.

    “[The Photos] constituted a public disclosure of embarrassing private facts about the plaintiff [and] placed him in a false light in the public eye,” the lawsuit against Shaquille O’Neal states.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4LKepphE0k

    Though he seemed to accept the apologies from Shaquille O’Neal and even seemed to enjoy some jovial back-and-forth, he said he feels the apology wasn’t genuine. He said he later came to realize that, “When they said sorry, I felt like they were saying it to get the pressure off of them for being considered ‘bad people’.”

    What do you think of Jahmel Binion’s sudden change of heart toward Shaquille O’Neal?

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  • Vanessa Lachey Having A Healthy Pregnancy

    Vanessa Lachey Having A Healthy Pregnancy

    Vanessa Lachey is doing pregnancy the healthy way. Many moms-to-be use pregnancy as a chance to eat whatever, whenever. Even some celebrity moms-to-be! Take Mila Kunis for instance.

    Mila would eat sauerkraut “all day long”.

    Gross.

    Weird cravings are generally a sure thing when you’re pregnant, but apparently Vanessa Lachey is the exception to that rule. No sauerkraut or pickles for this little mama. She is craving healthy stuff!

    Coconut milk is known as a super food for many reasons, and can be incredibly healthy for Vanessa Lachey and other expectant moms.

    Good for her! It’s so easy to just eat whatever you want and not exercise when you’re expecting (self included). Vanessa Lachey isn’t having that. She is even keeping up with her workouts.

    Vanessa Lachey has had lots of support from husband Nick Lachey throughout her pregnancy. He was the one who broke the news that the couple was expecting a sweet baby girl via Instagram.

    Vanessa Lachey and Nick seem to have a great marriage. They truly enjoy their time with their son, Camden.

    Vanessa Lachey is still pretty smitten with her husband and says he is the perfect man for her and their children.

    “The man I knew I was going to marry was not only a great man, a good friend, and a family guy, but he was going to respect and treat me well and be an amazing father and role model to our children.” Vanessa Lachey said.

    She added, “That’s Nick.”

    Awww.

    Well, this pregnancy is perfectly timed for Vanessa Lachey. She said earlier in the year,

    “You don’t want them so far apart that they have nothing in common.”

    Congratulations to Vanessa Lachey and Nick Lachey on a great marriage and on becoming parents to a sweet baby girl later this year!

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  • Michelle Shocked Puts Out New Dog Album

    Michelle Shocked has released a new album and it is now available for purchase on cdbaby.com!

    You should know before you go that the album is composed entirely of nothing. The 11-track Michelle Shocked album is composed of songs that are supposedly pitched too high for human ears. They are for dogs to listen to, not you.

    Michelle Shocked named the songs after executives and other top players in the music industry, specifically the digital and streaming crowd.

    The album is appropriately titled Inaudible Women and Michelle Shocked says that she made it for dogs.

    Michelle Shocked says in her strange video,

    “I decided that I was going to make a high album — in fact, the highest album ever made, just so that my friends Spot and Rex can hear it, not audible to human ears,” she says while sitting next to two dogs. “And to raise money for my fall tour.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNu5u-qbSNc

    Michelle Shocked is having money troubles because of her own decisions. She says the music industry has destroyed her career, thus the tracks on Inaudible Woman with music executives’ names. However, she alienated a huge chunk of her fan base by going on a rant last year in San Francisco in the middle of a show.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRmWEPglMw

    Michelle Shocked said,

    “I live in fear that the world will be destroyed if gays are allowed to marry.” Michelle Shocked later added, “You can go on Twitter and say, ‘Michelle Shocked says God hates fags.’”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBGIAmPSOg4

    Doesn’t Michelle Shocked know that gay rants are kryptonite to one’s career? She should know that by now.

    After her rant Billboard journalist Chris Willman wrote about it, earning him a song on Michelle Shocked’s new “album”.

    Michelle Shocked is hoping to pay for her fall tour with album sales, so if you like the sweet sound of silence…this is going to be your new fave.

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  • Mila Kunis: Baby Is Coming Very Soon

    Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are preparing to meet their baby (rumored to be a girl) in all of the ordinary ways possible. Mila and Ashton may be celebrities, but when it comes to getting ready for baby, they are just like anyone else.

    For example, Mila Kunis is indulging in some pretty crazy pregnancy cravings. She said that she has been eating a ton of sauerkraut and other strange items “all day long”.

    Ew.

    She told Ellen DeGeneres,

    “He assumed that I was gonna have goofy cravings, so he stocked our secondary fridge with weird food,” Mila Kunis revealed. “Just like pickles and sauerkraut, or like anchovies and ice creams, just in case at one point during this pregnancy I’d be like, ‘I really want something.’ And it happened last week. I was like, ‘Oh my God, I need a pickle!’ It was just the weirdest thing, like I needed this pickle. And he was like, ‘Hold on a second,’ and disappeared in the backyard and came back with the most amazing dill pickle of all time.”

    It’s so sweet that Ashton Kutcher was prepared for Mila Kunis’ cravings. The couple really seems to be enjoying each other during this very special time in their relationship. They are such a cute couple.

    The world loves seeing pics of Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis out together. They always look so comfortable. It’s probably because they really are, according to Mila Kunis’ description of their date nights.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQfkJoOLdQY

    “We have a thing called white T-shirt night and it’s when you wear jeans and a white T-shirt and you go on a date,” Mila Kunis said. She added, “Nothing fancy, it’s just something that you love to do. And whether that’s bowling or dinner or going to a cheese shop and have some wine or walking around. I think that’s just the best thing to do—and sometimes it’s just nice to stay home.”

    Well, the world waits to meet Mila Kunis’ bundle of joy. That baby is sure to be absolutely adorable!

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  • Katie Holmes To Produce Adaptation Of “All We Had”

    Katie Holmes will be adding the title of producer to her resume soon. The former wife of Tom Cruise is continuing to find her own place in the world and we might be the lucky ones who reap the benefit.

    She has reportedly optioned the film rights to the novel All We Had by artist and new author Annie Weatherwax. Katie Holmes has great talent and will make a spectacular producer!

    This isn’t exactly her first time around the behind-the-scenes production block. Katie Holmes was an executive producer on the book-to-movie hit The Romantics in 2010.

    She starred in The Romantics with Anna Paquin and Josh Duhamel. Although The Romantics flopped at the box office, it gave Katie Holmes the experience she will need to produce the movie for All We Had.

    No news yet on whether or not Katie Holmes will also star in the All We Had adaptation.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxR5yejkSto

    All We Had is a novel about 13-year-old Ruthie who, along with her rough mother Rita, gets evicted from her home. The down-and-out pair seek a fresh start in a strange town called Fat River. The quirky locals are said to provide quite the backdrop for the action. This definitely sounds like an adaptation that Katie Holmes could have a lot of fun with!

    All We Had isn’t all that Katie Holmes has going on right now, though. The Dawson’s Creek and Batman Begins star can be seen in The Giver, which comes out next month.

    Katie Holmes is also busy filming The Woman in Gold, which will come out in 2015.

    Hopefully Katie Holmes’ adaptation of All We Had will bring her more success than her acting career. She is a remarkable actress, but Batman Begins and Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark certainly didn’t do her any favors.

    Good luck to Katie Holmes on her new venture!

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  • Amanda Knox Allegedly Connected To Known Cocaine Dealer

    Amanda Knox is preparing for her last ditch effort at an appeal in Italy’s highest appeals court. She will try to overturn her conviction of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher. That is enough for anyone to be anxious about, but now it seems she has a few other problems to deal with.

    It was revealed recently that Amanda Knox allegedly had a sexual relationship with a cocaine dealer who allegedly repeatedly sold drugs to a man named Luciano who allegedly stabbed his brother 16 times with a kitchen knife. This allegedly occurred a year before Meredith Kercher was murdered. Amanda Knox’s alleged connections to the cocaine dealer, who investigators refer to as “F”, weren’t mentioned in her murder trial.

    This “F” was reportedly a psychology student from Rome. It is said that he met Amanda Knox on a train from Milan to Florence and shared a joint with her. The two then developed a relationship that investigators deemed to be of a “supposedly sexual nature”. His phone number was found in her phone and records showed that the two were in contact often.

    It was assumed that “F” also sold drugs to Amanda Knox.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl7IlE4PjLE

    However, it seems that this new information may not have any effect on Amanda Knox.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vOKhl5yHMQ

    Giuliano Mignini, the magistrate in charge of the investigation into Meredith Kercher’s murder, said Wednesday that he considered the new revelations irrelevant to Amanda Knox’s case.

    He said of Amanda Knox’s case, “We have three sentences, one of which is definite and we are at the final stages of the process – this will not change anything.”

    Mignini added that new evidence wouldn’t even be admitted into Amanda Knox‘s appeal hearing.

    Basically, when it comes to the conviction of Amanda Knox, this new information really doesn’t matter when the facts are examined that relate to the murder of Meredith Kercher.

    “We ran down many leads and at the end we were left with three people who left traces in the house.” Mignini said.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC2Ci93mKEg

    The appeal that Amanda Knox has made for her innocence will be over soon. Only time will tell if she will face punishment or freedom.

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  • Vanessa Lachey Craves Healthy Superfoods

    Vanessa Lachey Craves Healthy Superfoods

    Vanessa Lachey is a busy mom and adorable mom-to-be of baby number two.

    While the world is watching what she is draping over her cute baby bump, Vanessa Lachey is watching what she eats.

    Vanessa Lachey, wife of Nick Lachey and mom to their son Camden, is notoriously health-conscious.

    While lots of women (self included) use pregnancy as an excuse to eat whatever we want and whenever we want, Vanessa Lachey is making sure she is doing what is best for her baby every step of the way.

    The healthy mama has even been keeping up her workouts as the couple prepare for the arrival of baby number two. Vanessa Lachey knows how to do it right! The timing is just right for this baby to come. She said earlier of planning a family, “You don’t want them so far apart that they have nothing in common.”

    Vanessa Lachey’s husband, Nick, loves to post pics of the growing family on Instagram.

    It was Nick that broke the news that he and Vanessa Lachey were expecting a baby girl this time around.

    The couple has thus far had a great marriage and it’s fun to watch their family grow! Vanessa Lachey loves her husband and it shows! She recently said of Nick,

    “The man I knew I was going to marry was not only a great man, a good friend, and a family guy, but he was going to respect and treat me well and be an amazing father and role model to our children,” she said. “That’s Nick.”

    That’s so sweet. As far as her healthy lifestyle, I’m sure Vanessa Lachey passes those values on to her little family. Congrats to the Lachey family and good luck with their new baby girl!

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  • Kyra Sedgwick Is Returning To TV

    Kyra Sedgwick is slated to fill a guest roll on Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine in the upcoming season.

    She is currently signed for two episodes. The former The Closer star will play Madeline Wuntch, a long-time rival of Captain Holt, played by Andre Braugher.

    Their rivalry between Kyra Sedgwick’s character and Andre Braugher’s is fierce and goes back to their early days at the NYPD. Sedgwick is in a higher position as Deputy Chief (just like her character on The Closer) than that of Braugher’s character, Captain Holt.

    Kyra Sedgwick’s character is hoping to take him down in her inspection of his precinct.

    Executive producer Dan Goor

    The show is incredibly popular and even won a Golden Globe this year. Star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Andy Samberg, also brought home a Golden Globe. Kyra Sedgwick won an Emmy for her role in The Closer in 2010 and a Golden Globe in 2007. She has been nominated numerous times for both Emmys and Golden Globes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVC36YUPXXU

    This season should be especially exciting with Kyra Sedgwick joining the cast. Andre Braugher describes where this season will begin:

    “The brash young Detective Peralta returns from his undercover duty hoping that the squad and everything will still remain the same, and in the course of his undercover work, the NYPD has gotten a new commissioner,” Braugher said. “So things are radically changing and Holt is on the cutting edge of this. So the old, stodgy captain wants everything to change and the young, brash detective wants everything to stay the same.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VzB8Xrqek4

    This will be Kyra Sedgwick’s first TV role since The Closer ended in 2012. She is sure to be a spectacular addition to Brooklyn Nine-Nine!

    Brooklyn Nine-Nine will air Sundays at 8:30 pm on Fox.

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  • Westboro Baptist Church Has A New Target: Media

    Westboro Baptist Church Has A New Target: Media

    Westboro Baptist Church, everyone’s favorite bunch of wackadoo hatemongers, is up to their shenanigans once again. They are taking a break from picketing the funerals of fallen heroes and the sites of child murders to target media. All of media.

    Here is a quote from The Westboro Baptist Church flier intended to hail their army of misdirected zealots into battle with…media. (How does one exorcise the demons from media? I haven’t a clue.)

    Note: Horrid grammar belongs solely to whoever wrote this thing.

    “God hates the media; in all its forms. God did not set these social media networks in place to facilitate perverts pursuing their divers filth; nor do they exist for paedophile [sic] grooming, spreading sodomite agenda, other wicked political propaganda or propagating mountains of false doctrine.”

    The Westboro Baptist Church flier unfortunately continues, “On the contrary, all these media platforms have one purpose; to spread the gospel far and wide. Though you labor in vain to demonize and stop the words we speak; you only succeed causing more people to see, hear and be convicted.”

    Westboro Baptist Church intends to begin their battle with the media by going on Reddit for an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session. Call for a rescue, someone over there is drowning in logic.

    This is just plain terrifying. I feel for these poor kids!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvZRH55ny7I

    The upcoming Westboro Baptist Church AMA seems to be in response to an AMA of a former member.

    The Westboro Baptist Church AMA will occur on August 10th, and I expect it to be quite the show.

    Westboro will then picket Reddit headquarters in San Francisco on August 12th. Don’t worry, Reddit won’t be alone. They will make a grand headquarters picket tour of Facebook, Google, Apple, Skype, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. They will protest each location for 30 minutes.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yES1izpdf0

    I don’t know, I think it would at least take a solid 45 minutes to collapse the gates of Google and be sure they never spread “the sodomite agenda” any further. Maybe that’s just me.

    Sounds like a fun day for San Francisco…

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  • Katie Holmes To Try Hand At Producing

    Katie Holmes To Try Hand At Producing

    Katie Holmes wears many hats, but she is most well known as an actress on screen in TV and movies. She got her start on Dawson’s Creek in 1998, then went on to star in movies like Batman Begins and Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. She has also had a couple of runs on Broadway.

    Katie Holmes has had a pretty decent career in Hollywood and on the stage, but now she is seeking to try something new. Holmes has optioned film rights to the upcoming novel All We Had by new author Annie Weatherwax.

    She wants to produce a film based on the book. The novel is about single mother Rita, described as gritty, and daughter Ruthie. The pair get evicted from their house and try to begin life anew in a quirky small town called Fat River, which is brimming with interesting locals. Sounds like a great first production project for Katie Holmes!

    Katie Holmes isn’t a total noob, however. She did serve as executive producer on another book-to-movie in 2010 called The Romantics.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxR5yejkSto

    You can see Katie Holmes next month in The Giver, Mania Days later this year, and Woman in Gold in 2015. There is no word yet on whether or not she will star in her production of All We Had.

    If so, Katie Holmes definitely has the skills to pull it off. Could she possibly have another book-to-movie hit likeThe Fault in Our Stars or The Hunger Games on her hands?

    Who knows, but it sure is nice to see Katie Holmes making a name for herself! She has quite the talent and she should expand it to take on more “hats” in the movie industry.

    The novel All We Had will be out on August 5th. Congratulations to Katie Holmes on her new venture!

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  • Jennette McCurdy: Role Model Rant A Sign Of Trouble?

    Jennette McCurdy: Role Model Rant A Sign Of Trouble?

    Jennette McCurdy has grown up in the public eye since she began her stint on the popular Nickelodeon show iCarly in 2007. Maybe it’s the stress of public life. Maybe it’s the recent scandal surrounding some leaked photos of her in her unmentionables.

    Perhaps it was the cancellation of the show Jennette McCurdy co-starred in with Arianna Grande, Sam & Cat, or the rumor that a salary dispute caused the show to collapse. Of course, on top of it all Jennette McCurdy has also been dealing with the loss of her mother back in September of last year.

    Whatever it was, something has caused Jennette McCurdy to compose a rant on Reddit that wavered between fairly mature statements and Miley-esqe “I’m not a role model” statements.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9zW-yhbd8

    Here’s a bit of what she wrote on Reddit:

    “I am not a role model. I don’t claim to be, I don’t try to be, and I don’t want to be. There was a time when I tried to live up to the aggrandizing title, that pedestal of a thing. Maybe it wasn’t so much that I was trying to live up to it. Perhaps I thought I could and I thought I was supposed to, so I gave it my best shot.”

    Jennette McCurdy continued, “It’s fine, I can admit it. Back in my adolescence, I was more amiable, bubbly, and on lightly humid days, maybe even flouncy. I was role model material and then some. Fast forward a few years, I’ve grown up a bit (emphasis on “a bit”). I might not be any wiser, but I like to think I’m more honest.”

    Ok, so it’s not exactly Miley, and she probably won’t chop off her hair and go crazy. I hope not anyway. Jennette McCurdy has been posting some racy pics lately and the statements she makes have become bolder, but she did actually offer some pretty good advice for young people:

    “But in order to be thought of as a real, true role model, I believe you have to know a person and their actions, inside and out. Calling a celebrity a role model is like calling a stranger a role model. The knowledge you have of a celebrity is no more than a caricature drawn by media tastemakers specializing in selling you an image you’re dying to buy. It’s good to have heroes, but you have to look for them in the right places. They say don’t look for true love in a bar, well I say, don’t look for role models on screens.” Jennette McCurdy said.

    Jennette McCurdy added, “But please, I encourage you to find role models in the people around you, the people in your everyday life, the people that are your friends and family.”

    Here’s hoping the spotlight doesn’t get the best of Jennette McCurdy like it has so many other young actors.

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  • Daniel Radcliffe Was At Comic-Con In Disguise

    Daniel Radcliffe had some fun at Comic-Con in San Diego last week.

    Oh, you were there and didn’t see him?

    Well, that’s because Daniel Radcliffe was playing a part for his leisurely wandering around time. He was playing a normal guy playing Spiderman. So lots of people probably have Instagram shots of themselves with Daniel Radcliffe and don’t even know!

    This is just funny.

    Daniel Radcliffe said of his little adventure,

    “I did an American accent for the whole time. I even took a rucksack, so I look like I’m just coming to Comic-Con. I had a whole look. But it was great … I took lots of pictures with people who did not know that it was me.”

    Daniel Radcliffe Google +

    Although I can only take an educated guess at what a rucksack must be, I am sure a lot of people are wondering now if they rubbed elbows with Harry Potter last week.

    Daniel Radcliffe Google +

    He was the Spiderman that poked his head through a Sharknado 2 poster for a picture.

    “(It) actually looked weirdly good,” he said. “It looked like Spider-Man is in Sharknado 2.”

    Daniel Radcliffe was there to promote his new Halloween release movie Horns, in which he sprouts invisible…horns.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3rk01KDFaw

    The horns confess dark secrets to Daniel Radcliffe…yeah, I’m having a hard time picturing this, too. Just watch the trailer:

    Daniel Radcliffe has never been able to make it to Comic-Con. So, he made his first time very memorable. But, why Spiderman?

    “I always loved that character. I love the comics, actually, as well,” Daniel Radcliffe said. “I almost got a picture with two girls dressed as Mary Jane and Gwen Stacy, but the moment had passed.”

    I wonder how many people will be skimming through their phones for Spiderman pics?! I know I would be!

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  • Sandra Bullock Turns 50, Celebrates In Wyoming

    Sandra Bullock turned 50 on Saturday. I know, I don’t see it either, but she did!

    The lovely and ageless Sandra Bullock celebrated with family and friends in Wyoming last week. The party began on Thursday with a fun girls’ night out at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

    Southern Soul Allstars were on hand to play for Sandra Bullock and her friends, including Chelsea Handler and Whitney Cummings. The band said Sandra wanted to keep it low-key.

    “They said they kept it [quiet] because she sometimes likes to just act like a normal person,” band member Dianne McManus said of Sandra Bullock and her friends. “They came out and danced and took a bunch of pictures.”

    We love it when they take a bunch of (warning: NSFW) pictures….

    A source said of Sandra Bullock’s night out, ”There were probably 6 to ten women in the group. It appeared to be a ladies night. They just came in to listen to the band.”

    The source added, ”It was pretty low key. They all had one drink…and were all dressed casually. Sandra [Bullock] looked radiant, beautiful and was very sweet. It looked like she was having a blast.”

    Chelsea Handler also posted this sweet pic of a candid moment between Sandra Bullock and her sister.

    Awww!

    Now for something kind of creepy:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeONWxU8_Vw

    Sandra Bullock has a lot to celebrate this year! She reportedly made $70 million doing the film Gravity, which would be one of the biggest paydays for any celebrity at any point in Hollywood history.

    That score is only on par with her illustrious career as one of Hollywood’s top stars. Interestingly enough, Sandra Bullock has made 50 movies! Since her start in 1994’s Speed, she has shined in every single one.

    Happy late birthday to Sandra Bullock. Here’s to many more!

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