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  • Bald Eagle Egg Hatches in Pittsburgh, Watch Live

    No one can deny this is a great story.

    A bald eaglet has hatched in Pittsburgh‘s Hays neighborhood along the Monongahela River. The little eaglet was first spotted thanks to an “eagle-cam” about 2:30 p.m. Friday.

    There are two more eggs in the nest and faithful followers of the eagle-cam are patiently waiting for two more little eaglets to join the family.

    The first egg was laid on Feb. 19; the second egg appeared on Feb. 22 and the third —and final egg — was laid on Feb. 25.

    It takes an average of 35 days for Bald eagle eggs to incubate.

    Experts say it’s too early to determine whether it’s a girl eaglet or a boy eaglet.

    This is the second year in a row the Hays neighborhood bald eagles have raised an eaglet. Last summer, a single eaglet was raised and kicked out of the nest when he was ready to face the big, wide world on his own.

    It’s been drama galore for watchers of the nest this year. Recently, the female bald eagle had to fight off a raccoon that tried to get to her eggs.

    Don’t mess with momma!

    The bald eagle is the iconic symbol of the United States and has been endangered in years past, but populations are growing steadily.

    The live-stream is provided by PixController Inc. and it works with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The stream is featured on the Animal Planet Live website.

    Oops… seems there is some competition between eagle watchers in Pennsylvania.

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  • Parking Garage Collapses in Los Angeles

    No injuries are reported after part of a parking garage under construction in downtown Los Angeles collapsed Friday.

    Fortunately no one was trapped beneath the debris, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

    “Fortunately we have heard that all workers have been accounted for,” said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott.

    The cause of the collapse — contained to a corner of the garage — is unknown at this time. Scott said the second floor of the structure collapsed onto the first floor.

    According to Los Angeles Metro spokesman Paul Gonzales, workers were pouring concrete around 6:30 a.m. Friday when a worker heard an unusual sound and radioed everyone off the site. Workers had been cleared by 8:50, just before the structure went down.

    “All the safety procedures worked as designed,” he said.

    The garage — located in the 800 block of Keller Street — is part of a larger MTA project that will build a “modern, state-of-the-art bus maintenance facility to the area,” Gonzales said. When complete, it will take up about half a city block.

    “This is going to need to be investigated,” Gonzales said. “Our target time to complete this was this summer — so that will be delayed.”

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  • Black Box Data: Lost MH370 Fuels Live-Streaming Talk

    With the fate of Malaysia flight MH370 still uncertain three weeks after the plane’s disappearance, a debate has reignited over the possibility of live streaming a plane’s flight data and voice recorders — known as the “black box” — during all flights.

    Currently, air accident investigators have to wait for the recovery of the black box before they can reliably analyze what has happened to a plane during an accident.

    Proponents of flight data-streaming suggest it is the only way to prevent a plane from becoming lost during flight. This is the second flight to disappear in five years — it took nearly two years to recover the black box of an Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean during its 2009 flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

    Time is ticking for the possibility of ever finding out what happened to MH370 — the black box will stop emitting a signal after 30 days.

    Oliver McGee, a former scientific adviser to former President Bill Clinton, is an avid proponent of storing crucial data in the cloud.

    Joe Kolly, the director of research and engineering at the National Transportation Safety Board, said discussions have begun on how to prevent crucial flight information from being lost.

    “You’re looking for what is the most important information,” he said. “If the airline industry goes to that in the future, what would be those requirements?” he said.

    “We have our staff involved in technical meetings and discussions and working groups on just what type of data you would need.”

    Kolly said governments are becoming more interested in the possibility of streaming flight data for security reasons, but says there are many questions to consider.

    “What are the rates at which those data need to be transmitted?” Kolly said. “And also … what is going to trigger the data download?”

    This could very well become an important topic of conversation in June at an annual summit of the International Air Transport Association — comprised of the heads of the world’s major airlines — at Doha, Qatar.

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  • Katherine Webb: Stunning Alabama Beauty Engaged

    Alabama boys must be feeling a little gloomy this weekend because the gorgeous Katherine Webb is now officially off the market.

    The beautiful former Miss Alabama, who was famously singled out during a football game by ESPN announcer Brent Musberger, is engaged to former University of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron.

    The couple started dating in 2012 and became engaged Friday in their home state of Alabama at the Beach Club restaurant in Gulf Shores.

    McCarron, 23, proposed with a large diamond ring that Webb shared on Twitter. “He designed it himself,” she gushed.

    It’s really sweet to hear Webb talk about her fiancé:

    That bling isn’t too shabby either.

    Katherine went on the Today Show in 2013 to defend Brent Musberger’s comments about her appearance. Many were offended that he went on and on about her looks.

    The congratulations have been pouring in on Twitter, along with few regrets by those Alabama boys. There’s even been some commiseration for Musberger.

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  • Christina Aguilera Expecting a Baby Girl

    It’s a girl for expectant singer Christina Aguilera and fiancé Matthew Rutler.

    The 33-year-old announced the gender of her baby while performing Friday at an event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

    “Ain’t no other fans… Thank you Malaysia for all the love & support! XoXtina” Xtina tweeted the day after the concert.

    News of the singer’s pregnancy — her second — was announced in February. She has a 6-year-old son, Max, with her ex-husband Jordan Bratman.

    Rutler proposed to Aguilera on Valentine’s Day, but a wedding date has yet to be set.

    The Voice judge met the film assistant on the set of Burlesque in 2010, and they have been dating ever since.

    Aguilera says she plans on taking a little more time away from her gig as a coach on The Voice to spend time with her family.

    Christina‘s Twitter fans have taken to the social media site to offer their congratulations.

    Congratulations to the expectant couple.

    Image via Twitter, Christina Aguilera

  • Phil Robertson Stands By His Faith, Says Son Willie

    Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson stands by his faith, and his father.

    His dad, Phil Robertson, was famously suspended from the family’s hit A&E reality show in December after controversial comments he made about race and sexuality during a GQ Magazine interview.

    Willie and his wife, Korie, spoke about his dad during an interview with CNN‘s Kyra Phillips.

    “(Phil) made Christmas very interesting for us,” said Willie lightheartedly.

    Willie said he believed the GQ interviewer asked questions that would lead Phil to say what he did.

    According to Willie, the interviewer “had what he wanted to put, and he was specifically asking this and that.”

    “Phil just said what he thought, what was on his heart,” said Willie, defending his dad’s intentions.

    Willie conceded that his father “did some paraphrasing there,” referring to Phil’s comments while paraphrasing a verse from Corinthians: “Don’t be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers — they won’t inherit the kingdom of God. Don’t deceive yourself. It’s not right.”

    “You have to read the Bible and make up your own mind,” he said. “You have to decide, and God will ultimately decide then. We don’t profess to be God, and we certainly don’t profess to be perfect. Because we have our own sins that we deal with.”

    “I believe what the Bible says,” says Willie.

    Phil’s daughter-in-law, Korie, defended the family’s patriarch.

    “Anybody who knows (Phil) … any gay, straight, black, white, anybody who knows Phil knows that he is about love and his message is about God’s love, God’s grace and his forgiveness, ultimately,” Korie said.

    Ratings for the reality show have been declining in recent weeks, but the family doesn’t give it a second thought.

    “We were able to use that platform to get out God’s message, and if it ended right there, it ended right there,” Willie Robertson said. “I felt like that was pretty much what God prepared us to do.”

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  • Selena Gomez Subpoenaed to Appear in Bieber Case

    While running errands in Los Angeles on Thursday, Selena Gomez was approached by a woman who served her legal documents that were assumed to be a subpoena to appear in court in a lawsuit against Justin Bieber.

    According to a source, the papers were in fact a subpoena for the former Disney star to appear in court to testify on the events surrounding an alleged claim filed by a paparazzo that Bieber “physically attacked” him in 2012.

    “Selena has been ordered to appear on April 23, 2014, to be deposed in Los Angeles,” the source confirmed.

    The lawsuit was filed in June 2013 by Jose Osmin Hernandez Duran. The photographer claims he was attacked while snapping pics of Bieber and Gomez in the parking lot of The Commons shopping center in Calabasas, Calif.

    The suit alleges that Bieber was trying to move his Mercedes Sprinter van out of a parking space through a flock of paparazzi but could not get out of the space because they were blocking his exit.

    According to the complaint, Bieber yelled, “F–k off! Get out of my way!” at those gathered around and finally lost it. He allegedly leapt out of the van, sprinted toward Duran and “delievered a martial-arts type kick” to the photographer’s lower-left rib cage.

    Bieber is said to have punched Duran in the face and pushed him back against a parked car. The suit claims Duran said, “‘Justin, you don’t have to do this,’” while trying to block any further attack.

    According to the claim, Gomez got out of the van and yelled, “‘Justin, stop! They’re taking your picture!’”

    At the time of the incident, no criminal charges were filed.

    According to E! News, Selena will be questioned about “anything she observed before, during, and after the May 2012 incident with Duran and Bieber.”

    Gomez will also be questioned about her “relationship with Justin, then and now,” “if she ever witnessed any use of Justin taking controlled substances,” “if she had seen any episodes of violence or anger involving Justin” and about “conversations she had with Justin concerning the Duran episode and any other legal proceedings.”

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  • Ebola Virus: UN Warns the Deadly Virus May Spread

    The United Nations said Monday the Ebola outbreak in Guinea could spread from Guinea to Sierra Leone and Liberia.

    At least 80 cases and 59 deaths have been recorded across the West African country, the largest outbreak of “hemorrhagic fever” in Africa in seven years.

    Conakry, the capital of Guinea, has not been affected, said government spokesman Albert Damantang Camara said today, debunking Unicef’s claim that the outbreak had spread there.

    “The forest region where Unicef delivered the emergency assistance on Saturday is located along the border with Sierra Leone and Liberia with many people doing business and moving between the three countries,” said Unicef spokesman Laurent Duvillier. “Risk of international spread should be taken seriously.”

    “The three cases, which were registered in Conakry have no link with Ebola,” Camara said. “The analyses were made abroad. The outbreak of the disease may be heavier than 59 but the Health Ministry will release a statement on the disease soon.

    At least eight health-care workers have died following exposure to the deadly virus, which has no known cure.

    ‘‘This outbreak is particularly devastating because medical staff are among the first victims,” New York-based Unicef said. There is no specific treatment or vaccine for Ebola.

    Supplies delivered over the weekend are being distributed to health-care workers, said Unicef spokesman Timothy La Rose said supplies deliver over the weekend are being delivered.

    “We are focusing on prevention,” La Rose said. “We are alerting the public on how to avoid contracting Ebola. Since there is no treatment, this is the best way to stop the spread.”

    According to the World Health Organization, the deadly Ebola virus was first identified in 1976 in the Congo and Sudan and is transmitted through contact with blood or bodily fluids of an infected person or wild animal.

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  • Juliana Margulies Live Chats on ‘Good Wife’ Shocker

    The Good Wife‘s Juliana Margulies hosted a live chat on Facebook Monday after the craziness resulting from the shocking death of Josh Charles‘ character, Will Gardner, on Sunday’s episode.

    Margulies announced her intentions to chat via Facebook at 11 a.m. Monday with a sign that read, “Join me for a Facebook chat in one hour.” Literally thousands of fans posted their questions and shared their shock and grief over the surprising episode.

    Margulies told Facebook fans she’s known about plans to kill off Will for more than a year.

    “I have known this for close to a year,” said Margulies. “Josh was going to leave at the end of last season, and I was so sad about it. I begged him to stay and then asked the writers if they would be open to writing for him for 15 episodes, and somehow everyone agreed!”

    Margulies said she will miss her friend and colleague.

    “You can’t imagine how sad we all are to lose Josh, but we have been living with this a lot longer then the audience so it’s not as harsh for us at this moment,” said Margulies. “Josh is one of the best actors I have ever worked with and I will miss him every day. But his death makes the character of Alicia have to move in a different direction and that is very exciting.”

    Post by The Good Wife.

    Margulies told fans to enjoy the coming episodes of the show and wait to see what the death will mean to the storyline.

    “Thank you so much! The show will miss Will’s character but if you hang in there, I think people will ultimately be happy,” she posted. “It will be a springboard for Alicia to figure out what to do with her life, suddenly everything seems numb and without purpose. She reevaluates everything.”

    With the death of Will, the show is likely to have big changes in the future. Margulies confirms those changes.

    “I love these writers. They are amazing at keeping us all on our toes and I trust the direction will be the right direction,” she said in response to a question by a Facebook fan. “Aliciia is in for a big change.”

    She added in another reply: “Oh boy, it gets pretty sad, but then she will bounce back to warrior mode so keep watching.”

    According to Margulies, fans are in for an emotional ride on the next episode.

    “I really encourage you to watch this coming Sunday’s episode,” she posted. “You will see what she really thinks about Will. And bring tissues.”

    Image via Facebook, The Good Wife

  • Carrie Underwood to Receive Special ACM Award

    Country music star Carrie Underwood will join Rascal Flatts, Toby Keith and Ronnie Milsap in receiving special ACM awards in September.

    Underwood will receive the Gene Weed Special Achievement Award, honoring her “unprecedented, unique and outstanding individual achievement in country music.”

    The Career Achievement Award will go to singers Keith and Milsap, as well as Opry Entertainment Group President Steve Buchanan.

    Rascal Flatts will receive the Jim Reeves International Award, which honors an artist for “outstanding contributions to the acceptance of country music throughout the world.”

    The quintet will receive their awards Sept. 9 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

    It’s been a busy year for the former American Idol winner. Her single Blown Away Medley! remains at No. 1 for another week on Top 20 Country Countdown.

    She was also named the 2013 top-earning American Idol alum by Forbes Magazine in January, amassing over $31 Million. That sum not only beat other Idol winners, but exceeded the annual earnings of last year’s judges Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj.

    Underwood and husband Mike Fisher — a professional hockey player — have had a difficult time arranging their schedules to spend time together, which has led to some speculation that their marriage may be on the rocks.

    However, Underwood and Fisher continue to do whatever they can to protect their marriage. “Mike is fuming,” said an inside source. “Carrie is thrilled about all the opportunities, but she’s very conflicted and confused. She and Mike are barely speaking.”

    “Between his schedule with the Nashville Predators and her rehearsals, they barely saw each other the last three months. When they did steal some alone time, Carrie was wiped out physically and emotionally. The ordeal left Mike feeling neglected and ignored.”

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  • Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis Expecting a Baby

    Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are expecting a baby!

    Kunis is pregnant with the couple’s first child, a source confirmed to E! News.

    This exciting news comes just a few weeks after the announcement of the couple’s engagement.

    Kunis seems to be preparing for the coming event — she was recently spotted attending a prenatal yoga class in Hollywood.

    The cuter-than-cute couple will welcome their first child later this year, a source confirmed.

    “They are both very, very happy. It’s still early,” a friend of the couple says.

    Responding to rumors last week that the couple was expecting twins, the source says, “No, not twins.”

    The former That 70s Show co-stars were caught on a kiss-cam during a Clippers game in LA on Saturday.

    The couple haven’t announced a wedding date, but a source says it might not be anytime soon.

    “It won’t necessarily be a short engagement,” a friend close to the couple said. “They haven’t begun planning the wedding yet.”

    Kutcher and Kunis began dating in 2012, but they’ve been friends since 1998 when they met on the set of That 70s Show.

    “He was so in love with [Mila] for a while when they worked together,” a source close to Kutcher told said in 2012. “He thought she was a goddess, was always talking about how beautiful she is.”

    Congratulations to the couple on their exciting news are flooding social media sites.

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  • Megan Fox Flaunts Post-Baby Figure and Oh My!

    It’s just not fair.

    Megan Fox looks absolutely beautiful a mere five weeks after giving birth to her second son, Bodhi Ransom.

    Fox, 27, was spotted running errands March 21 and appears to have bounced right back to her pre-pregnancy, foxy self.

    She made casual look good in tight-fitting skinny jeans, a simple grey t-shirt, and a black tank top underneath.

    Fox and husband Brian Austin Green, 40, welcomed their second baby boy on Feb. 12. Married in June 2010, they are already parents to son Noah, 17 months.

    This is Green’s third child — he has a son Kassius, 11, with ex-girlfriend Vanessa Marcil.

    After the announcement of Fox’s pregnancy in August, former Beverly Hills, 90210 star said, “I’m [just] hoping for a healthy baby. Megan is doing great. She did great the first time around, but I wouldn’t wish the experience on anybody! I couldn’t do it! I couldn’t make a baby, it’s unbelievable!”

    While the whole world seems to have taken to Twitter, Fox spent a mere five days on the social media site in January, posting only 15 times.

    Her first tweet read,

    And her last,

    Guess she is not a fan.

    However, she continues to share her world on Facebook. She never mentioned the birth of son, Bodhi, but she did post a pic of a bodhi tree in honor of his birth.

    Post by Megan Fox.

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  • Elephants Escape Circus, Damage Cars

    How many circus clowns does it take to capture three elephants in a parking lot?

    Not sure, but they needed quite a few to corral three elephants that managed to escape their enclosure Saturday at the Moolah Shrine Circus in St. Louis.

    The pachyderms apparently found their freedom when loud noises from circus goers spooked the elephants, and they fled.

    They didn’t get far… they only made it to the employee parking lot before handlers were able to round them up, according to Dennis Burkholder, spokesman for St. Louis’ Shriners.

    One handler trying to corral the elephants wanted to tempt them with treats, circus goer Allie Tunncliff told KSDK. She manage to take a video clip of an elephant between cars.

    “She yelled to one guy, ‘I need anything, just pretzels, any kind of food,’ ” Tunncliff said.

    Burkholder said two cars were damage in a private, employee parking lot. The damaged cars belong to circus employees — or Shriners — whom the circus website describes as men in “funny red hats, who drive little yellow cars, dress like clowns.”

    The elephants themselves were unhurt, but the circus gave them a a bit of a break for Saturday night’s performance, allowing them to rest after all the excitement, Burkholder said.

    Needless to say, Twitter had a field day with the escape news.

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  • Charlie Sheen Declares War on Denise Richards

    The Charlie Sheen getting-into-hot-water-saga is never ending.

    According to the New York Daily News, the actor has stopped paying Denise Richards child support.

    Apparently, Richards isn’t allowing her kids to hang out with Sheen, so her ex-husband is fighting back by refusing to make child support payments.

    But there’s more.

    Charlie Sheen is apparently so ticked at Richards that he plans to sell the house he bought for her and the children so they could be closer to him.

    An anonymous source recently told TMZ that Richards will get the court-ordered $55,000 a month even if she has to take Sheen to court to get it.

    Sheen’s beef with Richards seems to stem from the fact that Richards doesn’t feel it’s safe to leave Sheen alone with their kids, Sam and Lola, and insists on attending the visitations.

    Things seemed to be running smoothly for a bit. During an interview with Celebuzz, Richards said she was trying her best to maintain a healthy relationship with Charlie for the sake of the children.

    “We’ve been friends for a long time. I know we went through an obviously challenging divorce, but it’s good now. It’s funny, because a few people on Twitter were commenting, ‘Oh are they back together?’ But he was in New York promoting his show and I was promoting my movie, so we decided to make it a family trip,” she explained.

    Sheen doesn’t seem to get along with anyone. The former Two and a Half Men star has also been fighting with his other ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, over their 4-year-old twin boys Bob and Max.

    And….

    He’s also ticked at John Mayer after the singer claimed Sheen’s BFF, Bob Maron, sold him counterfeit Rolexes.

    Wonder who else is on Sheen’s list?

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  • Kate Mara’s Star Power Is On The Rise

    Kate Mara has always been a powerful actress, but with the success of the Netflix series House of Cards, her star power is definitely on the rise.

    The 30-year-old actress has been acting for 17 years. Her first role was in Law & Order when she was 14 and over the years, she’s been one of those actresses you see over and over but can’t quite recall their name.

    She’s starred in numerous television shows and made appearances in acclaimed films like Brokeback Mountain and 127 Hours. But, she never quite broke into the spotlight.

    But, all that is changing.

    Her strong performance in House of Cards playing newspaper reporter Zoe Barnes has led to roles in some high-profile films that are in the works.

    Mara just signed on to play Sue Storm (Invisible Girl) in the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot, joining other rising Hollywood stars Michael B. Jordan (Johnny Storm/The Human Torch), Miles Teller (Dr. Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic), and Jamie Bell (Ben Grimm/The Thing).

    The project has been in development over the past five years and is expected to be one of the biggest summer blockbusters in 2015.

    Mara said working with Academy Award-winner Kevin Spacey, who plays Frank Underwood on House of Cards, is a wonderful experience and nothing like she imagined.

    “Most people have this sort of picture of him as – and I sort of did as well before I started working with him – I thought he was going to be very, very serious, and a little intimidating,” said Mara. “And that’s not my experience with him at all. He’s hilarious and with all the dramatic stuff we had to do together, he kept it light with me and I always felt really comfortable with him.”

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  • Idina Menzel Says She’s ‘Buddies’ With John Travolta

    “Adele Dazeen” — better known as Idina Menzel — has long forgiven John Travolta for flubbing her name on live TV at this year’s Academy Awards a few weeks ago. In fact, she says she has only benefitted from the mistatake.

    Menzel told The Hollywood Reporter that she received flowers and a note following the incident that spawned a website app where you can “Travoltify” your name.

    “That threw me for a minute, but then I just got back on track and reminded myself of where I was,” said Menzel. “He was really gracious and sent this gorgeous email, and we’re buddies, and it’s all cool.”

    Menzel said he also sent flowers, and thanks to the flub, she’s become a household name.

    “Please. I mean, I’ve only benefited from it,” she said.

    Menzel has had a very good year. Her single Let It Go from the Disney film Frozen has made into the top 10 and it seems everyone is singing it these days — and not just the kids.

    According to the Hollywood Reporter, Let It Go hasn’t had the typical rise as a pop song because radio hasn’t driven the success of the song. Instead, it has made its way up the charts based largely on sales and streams and is only just now starting to make progress at adult contemporary and mainstream top 40 radio.

    “I’m just excited to see it break some rules,” she said.

    Ironically, the Rent actress originally tried out for the 2010 Disney film Tangled, but wasn’t hired. However, her audition tape singing The Beatle’s Blackbird eventually led her to the role in Frozen.

    She’s also starring in the broadway musical If/Then, which opens March 30. The musical is about a woman in her 40s and features the song What the F—, about trying to have sex with three guys in one night.

    While Menzel has never seemed too upset over the name-flub, Travolta apparently still struggles over his mistake.

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  • ‘The Voice’ Season 6 Battle Rounds Underway

    ‘The Voice’ Season 6 Battle Rounds Underway

    Round two of the battle rounds for Season 6 of The Voice is tonight.

    Last night’s first round did not disappoint — neither in the performances, nor in the bromance between coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.

    First came the weeks of blind auditions when the four coaches vied for performers for their team. Now comes the battle rounds. Each battle has two teammates performing a duet assigned by their coach. After the performance, the coach has to determine which performer stays and which goes home. However, each coach has two “steals” they can use to save a contestant and to bolster their team.

    During rehearsals for last night’s performances, the artists received help from guest advisers. Adam Levine called on Wake Me Up singer, Aloe Blacc, to help his team prepare; The Band Perry assisted Blake Shelton‘s performers; Blake’s wife, Miranda Lambert, joined Shakira to mold the contestants; and R&B diva, Jill Scott, coached Usher‘s team.

    Biff Gore and T.J. Wilkins, of Team Usher, were the first to battle it out, singing The Temptations classic Ain’t Too Proud To Beg. Usher said it was a difficult decision to make, but he decided to keep T.J. However, Biff was not sent home, as Blake made his first steal of the battle rounds.

    Two 17-year-old performers from Team Blake were up next. Jake Worthington and Lexi Luca performed Thomas Rhett’s It Goes Like This, with Jake clearly winning over Lexi with his confident performance.

    Shakira said she may have made a mistake in pairing up powerful performers Dani Moz and DeShawn Washington with the song, My Kind of Love, by Emeli Sandé. After a stellar performance by both singers, Dani was named the winner and DeShawn was sent home.

    Kat Perkins and Patrick Thompson, from Team Adam, performed the Kenny Loggins/Stevie Nicks duet Whenever I Call You ‘Friend.’ Saying that Kat had a presence about her, Adam picked the ex-rocker. But, just as Patrick was to leave, Shakira stole him for her team.

    Blake paired veteran singers, Paula DeAnda, who once toured with Rihanna, and Sisaundra Lewis, a former vocal director for Celine Dion, and they performed Lady Gaga‘s Do What U Want. After a powerful performance, Blake said he was proud of both of them, but sent Paula on her way.

    The highlight of Monday’s battle round was a performance of Steve Winwood‘s Higher Love by Team Usher’s Jake Barker and Stevie Jo. Adam was so impressed with the performance that told the duo to relax because he intended to steal the runner-up. Usher struggled over the decision, but selected Stevie Jo. Adam, Shakira and Blake all pushed their buttons to steal Jake and hilariously made bids to beg the singer to join their team. In the end, Jake chose Adam.

    As always, the banter between Adam and Blake was entertainment enough.

    Round two of the battle rounds is 8 p.m. EST tonight, on NBC.

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  • Mila Kunis: Ashton Asked For Her Dad’s Blessing

    This is beyond sweet.

    Ashton Kutcher, 36, is a true gentleman. Before he proposed to Mila Kunis, the Two and a Half Men star asked Mila’s father, Mark, for her hand in marriage.

    “He talked with Mila’s dad around Christmastime,” a Kutcher insider told People magazine. “He asked for Mark’s blessing to marry her. It was important to Ashton to be respectful and traditional. This is the real thing for him and he wants to do it all right.”

    The couple have been publicly engaged since February and will likely be married within the year.

    “They don’t want to wait,” says the source. “This relationship started on solid ground and everything is working out. They are in it for the long haul, truly.”

    Kutcher and Kunis’ That 70s Show co-star Laura Prepon, 32, spoke about their relationship while speaking to E! News during the season two preview for her Netflix series Orange Is The New Black.

    “I don’t usually comment on my friends’ personal lives,” Prepon said when asked about the couple. “But they’re an amazing couple,” she said.

    Rumors of Kutcher and Kunis’ romance started circulating in April 2012. Since then, the couple seemed to be inseparable, living like any other normal couple.

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  • $25 Corn Dog: New Diamondback Ballpark Snack

    I’m sorry, but this just looks nasty.

    It’s nothing new that some of the worst types of foods are found at a ballpark at extraordinary prices, but this one takes the cake.

    Big Dawgs at the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Chase Field have introduced a new ginournous corn dog that will not only satisfy any hunger needs of fans, but will also empty their wallets as well.

    They are calling the new snack the D-bat Dog and it’s 18 inches of corn dog stuffed with cheese and bacon, according to ESPN Sports Business Reporter Darren Rovell.

    Not to worry, it comes with fries. No word on whether a drink is included.

    Apparently, the Diamondbacks are also offering the $10 Venom dog — a foot-long habanero sausage with beans, guacamole and sour cream.

    Tweets have started to filter in with opinions on the new Big Dawg fare.

    Image via Twitter, Darren Rovell

  • Clare Crawley Says ‘No Regrets’ for ‘Bachelor’ End

    The collective cheer could be heard across the nation when Bachelor contestant Clare Crawley told Juan Pablo Galavis exactly what she thought of him.

    Crawley, who believed she was getting engaged to JP, was blindsided when he told her she was not “the one” — not that any of the girls were “the one” for the evasive Juan Pablo who has yet to publicly declare his love for the winner, Nikki Ferrell.

    When JP tried to come in for the consolation hug once he dumped her, Clare put her hand up to him, pushing him away.

    Her parting words were, “I would never want my children having a father like you.”

    In typical JP style, once she was out of earshot, he mumbled under his breath, “Whew, I’m glad I didn’t pick her,”

    Some of us are still ticked at his reaction.

    Crawley told Good Morning America Monday that she wouldn’t change a thing about her reaction or the outcome of the show.

    “The greatest thing is that I have zero regrets,” said Crawley. “I went into this feeling I’m going to be 100 percent open and I’m going to be 100 percent myself and I’m going to think about what I do and, because I thought and then acted, I’m proud of that.”

    Crawley, 32, said she was “falling in love” with Galavis during the taping, but harbored doubts even up to the final rose ceremony.

    “Because of the conversation we had in the helicopter, there was that doubt in my mind,” Crawley said, referring to the pair’s final date during which Galavis apparently said some sexual comments that didn’t sit well with Crawley.

    “I’m shocked,” Clare later said. “He chose to tell me something that no woman wants to hear. That he doesn’t know me and some sexual thing I don’t want to repeat. It was insulting and it was offensive.”

    Crawley didn’t repeat the words Galavis said to her, but a source told Us Weekly he used crude language.

    “He said, ‘I love [expletive] you but I don’t know you,’” the source said.

    “Going into the final rose ceremony, I felt like I’ve been here the whole time and said that I would follow through to the end and I just figured I’m going to be there and no matter what happens, I’m going to say how I feel,” Crawley said.

    Galavis has been so vilified by the media that he agreed to appear on the cover of People magazine under the headline, “I’m Not the Bad Guy,” in order to give his version of the situation.

    Crawley says, despite Galavis’ efforts to clear his name, the reality show actually did show the “real” Galavis.

    “As short of a time period as we get to see on TV, I think your true personality kind of comes through in the end,” she said. “I think mine did and I think his did as well.”

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  • Los Angeles Earthquake: Stars React, Viral Video

    Residents in Los Angeles had a surprise awakening for St. Patrick’s Day when a earthquake rattled the city before dawn.

    The 4.4-magnitude quake, dubbed the Shamrock Shake, was centered 2 miles from Encino and 15 miles west-northwest of the downtown civic center, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

    Robert Graves, a USGS seismologist, said it was a “typical” Southern California quake and expected little to no damage.

    Local news anchors Chris Schauble and Megan Henderson of KTLA-TV were caught off-guard when the quake struck during their live broadcast. The video of their reaction has already gone viral and it’s no wonder — it’s hilarious.

    Seriously funny!

    Schauble quickly changed his twitter profile pic and tweeted his adventures.

    Seems like the first reaction of celebrities was to grab their phones to tweet their experiences to the Twitterverse.

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