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  • Javier Bardem And Penelope Cruz Could Get Blacklisted For Speaking Out Against Israel

    Spanish actors Javier Bardem and his wife Penelope Cruz are receiving flak from Hollywood after they signed an open letter that states that Israel’s actions in Gaza are tantamount to “genocide”. The Spanish letter contained the signatures of 100 film professionals, including director Pedro Almodovar, calling for the European Union to end all actions by Israel against Gaza. However, many Hollywood executives are seeing this move by Bardem and Cruz as anti-Semitic and some are threatening to never work with them again.

    Ryan Kavanaugh, chief executive of Relativity Media, was the only executive who went public about his opinion on Bardem and Cruz. He said, “As the grandson of Holocaust survivors, I know that anyone calling what’s going on in Israel ‘genocide’ versus self-defence is either ignorant and shouldn’t be commenting, or is truly anti-Semitic.”

    He further related that within 24 hours of making this statement, he had received over 500 calls, text messages and e-mails of support, which implies that his is a popular sentiment in Hollywood.

    Other unnamed execs have spoken to The Hollywood Reporter against the Spanish couple. One questioned whether he would ever be able to work with Bardem or Cruz again, and another who had worked with Cruz before privately vowed that it would not happen again.

    Actor Jon Voight weighed in by writing his own open letter, saying that Bardem and Cruz should “hang their heads in shame” for contributing to the “anti-Semitism that is raging all over the world,” but added that the couple shouldn’t be blacklisted for work.

    Meanwhile, both Bardem and Cruz have sought to clarify their positions, with little success. “My signature was solely meant as a plea for peace. Destruction and hatred only generate more hatred and destruction,” Bardem said. “While I was critical of the Israeli military response, I have great respect for the people of Israel and deep compassion for their losses.”

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  • 50 Cent’s Music May Help You Get A Job?

    50 Cent’s Music May Help You Get A Job?

    Before heading out to an important job interview, listening to 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” could give people a competitive advantage over other applicants: you’ll get confidence. In a study published by The Society for Personality and Social Psychology, researchers found that bass-heavy music such as “In Da Club” made people feel more confident before going into job interviews.

    Researchers Dennis Y. Hsu, Li Huang, Loran F. Nordgren, Derek D. Rucker and Adam D. Galinsky tested “high-power” or bass-heavy songs as well as “low-power” songs on subjects. Among the “high-power” tracks, they tested were “In Da Club,” Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” and 2 Unlimited’s “Get Ready For This”. Meanwhile, they chose Notorious B.I.G.’s “Big Poppa,” Fatboy Slim’s “Because We Can,” and Baha Men’s “Who Let The Dogs Out?” as “low-power” tracks. Researchers found that “high-power” songs could inspire people to make good impressions at job interviews, while listening to “low-power” songs made test subjects feel meeker and score lower on a test that required the use of abstract thinking.

    “Just as professional athletes might put on empowering music before they take the field to get them in a powerful state of mind, you might try this in certain situations where you want to be empowered,” said Rucker, one of the researchers and a professor of marketing at the Kellogg School of Management.

    Researchers selected these songs by first playing them to subjects and asking them to rate the tracks according to their feeling of empowerment. They found the “low-power” songs by playing tracks with similar style as the first set (sports music and hip-hop) and choosing the lowest-rated for empowerment. These songs were then played to an entirely new set of test subjects. The study can be used to determine how music can affect the workplace, advertising or other situations that can benefit from the feeling of empowerment.

    Boost Your Confidence. 50 Cent: ‘In Da Club’

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  • Hope Solo Faces Six-Month Jail Sentence For Domestic Violence

    Seattle Reign FC goal-keeper Hope Solo appeared in court in Kirkland, WA, on Monday, asking for the dismissal of the fourth-degree domestic violence case against her through a motion filed by her lawyer. Her lawyer also asked that the court exclude evidence, including hearsay, in the same motion, saying Solo was a victim in the dispute.

    Solo is accused of repeatedly hitting her half-sister and 17-year-old nephew during a family fight when she was visiting them at their Kirkland home in June.

    According to police reports, police responded to a 911 call from a family member who told 911 that Solo was “going crazy and hitting people.” Court documents further read that when they arrived at Solo’s sister’s Kirkland house, the police heard shouting and found Solo’s sister and nephew crying and with visible injuries.

    The sister said that they had just welcomed Solo back into their lives when she fought them that June morning.

    Police arrested Solo –who was also reportedly drunk at the time of the incident– and she spent the next two nights in jail. The athlete pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor assault charges and was later released upon condition that she will appear before the court if summoned.

    A few days after the incident hit the news, Solo apologized to her fans via Facebook:

    “I understand that, as a public figure, I am held to a higher standard of conduct,” she wrote. “I take seriously my responsibilities as a role model and sincerely apologize to everyone I have disappointed.”

    The court has set the trial for November. Should Solo be found guilty of the charges against her, she faces the possibility of spending six months in jail.

    At present, she continues to play with the Seattle Reign and her managers have said that they will wait for the court’s ruling before making any decisions about her future with the team.

    Solo, 32, has helped the U.S. women’s national soccer team win Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012. She has also appeared on Dancing with the Stars and in The Body Issue on ESPN.

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  • Mila Kunis Lists Her Home For Sale As She Prepares For Motherhood

    Mila Kunis has recently put her 5,000 square-foot home in LA up for sale, apparently as part of her preparations for her soon-to-be-born first child with Ashton Kutcher.

    Kunis and Kutcher –former That 70’s Show on-screen couple and now real-life pair– are currently the subject of much talk about Kunis’ pregnancy.  In May, the engaged couple was reported to have bought a family home in Beverly Hills where they could settle down, with Kutcher selling his bachelor pad soon after.

    Mila Kunis and Ashon Kutcher purchase a new family home in Beverly Hills

    Kunis is now following suit by listing her Mediterranean-inspired house in Hollywood Hills West for sale.

    The listing describes her house as having beamed ceilings, dark hardwood floors and an open floor plan. It is said to boast floor-to-ceiling glass doors which open up to a pool with a large patio for parties and with great views of the city. The house has five bedrooms and five bathrooms, plus dining, living and family rooms, a home theater, a breakfast area with a breakfast bar, and an office, all monitored by a state-of-the-art security system.

    Her asking price for this newly renovated home is $3.995 million, which will put her in a position to make around $1 million as she bought the place for $2.885 million in 2008.

    The couple is constantly seen together in and around LA, with 36-year- old Kutcher visibly protective of Kunis and her growing baby bump.

    Kunis has said she is very excited to be engaged to her longtime crush. “My first real kiss ever was with him on the show,” she revealed. “And when That ’70s Show had a prom, my date for the prom turned out to be my fiancé. We can honestly say that we went to prom together.”

    Kunis didn’t always think she was the marrying kind. She knew at a young age that she never wanted to get married, and has told her parents so.

    “Then things changed – I found the love of my life. Now my theory on weddings is: Don’t invite anyone. Do it privately and secretly. My parents are okay with that. They’re just excited that I said yes.”

    The couple are reportedly prepping for their walk down the aisle in July next year.

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  • Michael Douglas’ Ex-Wife: ‘I’ve Never Turned My Private Life Into Show Business’

    Diandra Douglas was married to veteran actor Michael Douglas for 23 years before they divorced in 2000. She is now responding to reports that her husband and his current wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, sold pictures of themselves and their family to gossip magazines. “I’ve never sold photos or kept money from anything and I’ve always given everything away to charity,” she said in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Mundo. “I’m proud to be able to say that I’ve never turned my private life into show business. Too much public exposure affects children.”

    The 56-year-old is currently living at the Spanish resort home she co-owns with Douglas in Majorca. There were recent rumors that Zeta-Jones had offered to buy Diandra out of her share, but Douglas’ ex-wife denies this story. “Sometimes people say things without the slightest proof. Why would someone who doesn’t speak Spanish or the local Majorcan language or knows nothing about this culture want a house here? She doesn’t even come here much,” she said.

    When asked by El Mundo why she seemed “less visible” than her famous ex, Diandra replied, “That’s because I don’t believe in showing off.”

    Douglas and his ex-wife share a son, Cameron, 36, who is in jail after being convicted in 2010 for selling methamphetamine and possession of heroin. Diandra shared that she and her son meditate for 15 minutes each evening at the same time in order to facilitate his freedom. However, Cameron has been said to repeatedly break prison rules by trying to get drugs and was recently released from the solitary confinement he was forced to do after failing a prison drug test. “Putting a drug addict in a jail is like putting a diabetic in a cake shop without treatment,” she told El Mundo.

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  • Christie Brinkley: Decades Later, She’s Still Billy Joel’s ‘Uptown Girl’

    Christie Brinkley will always be Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl”. Joel sang the 1983 hit song during his Madison Square Garden concert last Thursday, where Brinkley was among the audience in the front row.

    Flashback circa 1980s: (people still wore baggy pants and teased their hair.) Joel was an accomplished musician dating supermodel Elle Macpherson who, according to some reports, was the sole inspiration for Uptown Girl. Other reports claim Uptown Girl was really inspired by several uptown girls: including Macpherson, fellow supermodel Brinkley and singer Whitney Houston.

    The Joel-Macpherson relationship was short lived and was over when the time came to shoot the music video.  Joel had then gotten chummy with Brinkley and opted to feature her in the vid. Brinkley is also an accomplished dancer and was said to have walked Joel through his choreography for the vid.

    Joel and Brinkley stayed together and got married in 1985, which further strengthened Brinkley’s Uptown Girl image. The couple later had a daughter, singer Alex Ray Joel, now 28 years old.

    The marriage, however, didn’t last and the two parted ways in 1994 in a divorce that affected Joel so much that he removed the song Uptown Girl from his setlist for a concert during that period.

    Fast forward to present day:
    Joel, now 65 and wiser, has apparently put the past behind him and seems to be on good terms with Brinkley. Brinkley was clearly having a good time at Joel’s concert, smiling and dancing along. Joel documented his ex-wife’s night at his concert by asking his camera crew to direct their cameras at her.  Brinkley later on responded with a compliment on Instagram with the post: “He’s still got it!”


    Vanity Fair writes: “. . . The song and its inevitable association with his marriage has, at times, been a sore subject for Joel. . . But he seemed to have put all that behind him…”

    This is a real step forward considering Joel was still notably sensitive about the subject last year when New York Times quoted him as saying that he enjoys teaching up and coming musicians as long as they “don’t ask me about what happened with Christie and Uptown Girl.”

    Billy Joel: ‘Uptown Girl’ 

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  • Brooke Burke Beats Cancer, Lands ‘Shape’ Cover

    Dancing With The Stars co-host Brooke Burke-Charvet has recently come out after winning her battle with cancer to say that she feels as if she’s just beginning the best part of her life. The 42-year-old was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2012, but now tells Shape Magazine that she is cancer-free after having undergone a thyroidectomy. “They took it out, it’s gone, and it’s all good,” she said.

    Burke had been seeing a specialist and getting treatment for Hashimoto’s disease, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, for more than a decade, but said her cancer had only been discovered through a routine physical check-up. After a lump had been found on her body, Burke had an ultrasound and biopsies, which allowed doctors to conclusively find cancer. “But the prognosis was great,” she said.

    Post-surgery, Brooke was required to stay out of the sun for a while, but she returned to her regular workout routine just a few weeks after surgery. On Sunday, she attended an intense SoulCycle spinning class and hit the beach in Malibu with her husband David Charvet to take advantage of their weekend without their children Heaven Rain, Shaya Braven and Brooke’s two daughters, Neriah and Sierra, from a previous marriage.

    “I started working out the day I was allowed to. That’s just me. I feel better after my workout for a million reasons,” Burke said.

    Burke, however, is still taking care of her health and making adjustments to her thyroid medication. “That was a little tricky, but that’s one of the challenges with thyroid issues: figuring out the amount of Synthroid you need, getting your hormone levels right, and then making adjustments,” she said. This cancer survivor is in great shape and gracing the cover of Shape’s September issue wearing only a pair of bikini briefs. “What is age, anyway? I feel young because I’m beginning a new chapter in my life, which is so exciting,” she said.

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  • Selena Gomez & Taylor Swift: The Besties Are Back Together

    Now that former Disney Channel star Selena Gomez is officially done and over with Justin Bieber, she has re-united with estranged bestie Taylor Swift. The girls are doing a lot of catching up and hanging out with a lot of giggling in between.

    Gomez and Swift have not been seen together for months so their fans were in for a surprise treat when Gomez uploaded a video of them goofing around this past weekend.

    The Instagram video, which was mainly of the moon with howling cayote sounds in the background, had the caption: “Guys, that happened in real life and not just in movies. Narration by: @taylorswift”

    “What you are witnessing, actually hearing, is coyotes freaking out over a full moon. I didn’t know that was a real thing. I thought it was just a wolf thing.” Swift says in the vid with a dramatic voice. The video ended with a fit of giggles from both girls.

    Gomez and Swift were longtime friends who went through rough times due to Gomez’s relationship with Beiber. Swift was not among the guests at Gomez’s 22nd birthday party and people noted that Gomez wasn’t present for Swift’s house party on the Fourth of July either.

    When the Gomez-Bieber relationship ended, Swift reportedly took the initiative to reach out to Gomez. She was said to be very supportive of Gomez and even offered a listening ear. It is said that Swift is also playing matchmaker and is now on the lookout for new guys for Gomez to date.

    “She’s been trying to set Selena up with some really cool guys that she may be interested in,” according to a report.

    Gomez was honored with the Ultimate Choice Award at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards, making her the youngest recipient of this award to date. The Come and Get It singer had already won many TCA awards in the past years, including Choice Female Hottie for many consecutive years. She dedicated this latest award to her mom with a special thank you for letting her do what she loves, and a message to fans telling them to love their moms.

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  • Iggy Azalea: Is A Collaboration With Lil’ Kim And Remy Ma In The Works?

    Australian rapper Iggy Azalea is enjoying the success of her single “Fancy,” featuring Charlie XCX off her debut album The New Classic, but she’s definitely not resting on her laurels as she’s said to be considering a few collaborations with talented artists in the future. Her mentor T.I. was recently on the radio and mentioned that Azalea was planning to collaborate with rapper queen bees Lil’ Kim and Remy Ma.

    “I got a call from [Lil’] Kim. Kim hit me and said it’s time to find that record to get it done,” he said of the planned collaboration between Kim and Azalea. Meanwhile, he said that Azalea is also a big fan of Remy Ma and is eager to support her by working together.

    T.I. talks about Iggy Azalea collaboration with Lil’ Kim and Remy Ma

    Azalea is still hard at work even with the news that her single “Fancy” has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Since Azalea is also featured on the song at the No. 2 spot, Ariana Grande’s “Problem,” she is the only artist other than The Beatles to take the two top spots of the charts at the same time. Previously, The Beatles had done the same with “She Loves You” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand” in 1964.

    Iggy Azalea: ‘Fancy’

    The single is also approaching the record for longest-running No. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, which is still held by Missy Elliot’s “Hot Boyz” featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip. “Hot Boyz” was No. 1 on the chart for 18 weeks, but it’s followed closely by Azalea’s “Fancy,” which has been on top for 16 weeks. Azalea performed the single as well as another one from The New Classic called “Work” at the TODAY plaza on Friday, August 8. “This song, ‘Fancy,’ has really changed my life,” said the singer on the show.

    Iggy Azalea Performs On ‘Today’

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  • Katy Perry Says She Did Not Have A Great Education In Her Younger Years

    Global pop superstar Katy Perry has sold out tours and penned songs that topped the charts, but she still has one small regret that she wishes she could change. Perry recently told Yahoo! that she wished she had had a better education when she was younger. She said, “I’m kind of bummed at this stage that I didn’t have a great education because I could really use that these days.”

    Perry grew up with pastor parents who constantly moved her from place to place, wherever they were starting churches. She said that she had been either home-schooled or was often pulled out from schools she described as “half-Christian, half-education, I-don’t-know-what-they-were schools.”

    The Prism singer will turn 30 this October, but she still tries to take every opportunity to learn about new things and increase her general knowledge. While on tour, she often visits museums and tries to immerse in local cultural experiences at each location. “I’ve learned to educate myself at this stage and how to continue my education at any age,” she said. “I’m going on 30 and I’m still very thirsty for information.”

    Despite Perry’s feeling that she lacked a solid educational base, she maintains that good teachers helped her push to achieve success. She spoke about her vocal teacher Agatha Danoff, who taught Perry while she attended the Music Academy of the West, which she could hardly afford. “I owe her a lot of credit and I appreciate that she looked out for me when I didn’t have enough money to pay,” Perry said of Danoff, who used to give her breaks on lessons when she needed them.

    Perry is currently promoting her fundraising campaign “Make Roar Happen,” which aims to benefit teachers through donations at DonorsChoose.org. Her project target of $1 million is set to fund school supplies for classrooms in the cities at which her Prismatic World Tour stops.

    Katy Perry: Roar


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  • Jennifer Aniston Puts Down Friends That Have Done Plastic Surgery

    It’s safe to say that celebrities face a lot of pressure to stay looking young and beautiful. For Jennifer Aniston, there are ways to deal with aging that don’t involve a trip to the plastic surgeon’s office.

    Aniston recently spoke with Bobbi Brown, renowned make-up artist and Editor in Chief of Yahoo Beauty, about aging gracefully. The 45-year-old actress vows she will never have plastic surgery on her face. She even goes on to say that she sometimes has to bite her tongue to stop herself from telling her friends that they should stop visiting their surgeons.

    She says she feels sad for her friends who are caught in the desire to look ageless.

    “They are trying to stop the clock and all you can see is an insecure person who won’t let themselves just age. I see them and my heart breaks. I think, Oh god if you only know how much older you look.”

    The We’re The Millers star continues to say she admires women who have chosen to embrace the years fearlessly. Aniston expressed admiration for political activist Gloria Steinem, who she describes as “one of the most stunning women on the planet.” She continues by saying, “Diane Keaton, Annette Bening, all of these fabulous fearless women who are flawless, they embrace it!”

    “I also have a fiancé who will put a gun to my head if I touch my face in any way.” Aniston jokingly adds. Her fiancé, Justin Theroux, apparently won’t be happy if she ever decides to get surgery and has also recently told reporters he thinks she is gorgeous.

    “You know to each their own,” she said. “I don’t judge it if you do it, but sometimes I wish I could beg the people I know, who I am very near and dear to, to not touch their face.” Aniston may have been hinting at her Friends co-star Courteney Cox, who is suspected of having had botox or plastic surgery done to her face.

    So, is she (Aniston) completely content with her physical appearance? Aniston’s answer was: “These days, if I was being super picky, I would love to drop five pounds.”

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  • Danity Kane Breaks Up Again; Aubrey O’Day Says She Was Punched By Dawn Richard

    Girl group Danity Kane may have finally reached the end of the road with news that the members have allegedly taken physical shots at each other. Singers Aubrey O’Day, Dawn Richard and Shannon Bex are the unfortunate targets of talk surrounding their split just one year after they reformed in 2013 following their first split in 2009. In a statement released on Friday, August 8, O’Day told how Richard had punched her in the back of the head while she was speaking to someone else without having previously threatened her. The incident took place supposedly after a recording session and during a Danity Kane group meeting.

    Bex is corroborating O’Day’s version of the events, although she insists that only a single direct punch had occurred, and not a shouting match, catfight or brawl, as some rumors had reported. She has also said that she had been frustrated with Richard and that Danity Kane had been having issues for a while.

    Richard called O’Day’s statement “exaggerated lies and false accusations.” She sent an open letter to fans on August 9 in reaction to O’Day’s allegations. Richard wrote, “I am sorry to everyone that this news has to come out. You’re worth more. Certain choices were made that I am not proud of. However, I will not be disrespected. Once again, I am sorry to the fans as this should have been handled privately not publicly.”

    She went on to say that she could not reach her fans through the Danity Kane social media accounts as her access to these portals had been revoked, forcing her to release her statement on her own page. “This could have all been handled privately; however, certain parties chose to make this public before it could be rectified. I am not justifying my actions. I am saying this was all done before any changes or conversations could even be had,” she wrote.

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  • Portia De Rossi And Ellen DeGeneres Still Going Strong, Couple Buys New Luxury Condo

    Divorce rumors about Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres may finally simmer down a bit, thanks to the couple’s new purchase: a swanky condo in Beverly Hills.

    The celebrity couple has been the subject of rumor after rumor since they first got together. For the past few months, talks of the couple’s near-divorce have been circulating in gossip town, partially due to several leaks from a new book about DeGeneres.

    Written by celebrity journalist Randy Jernigan, the book tells all about the private, behind-the-cam life and relationships of DeGeneres. According to excerpts from the book, the DeGeneres-De Rossi union has been rocky from the beginning. The author goes on to say that DeGeneres has had to deal with depression and mood swings in the past years, which is why she has been controlling towards de Rossi.

    Last month, the couple was again rumored to be considering divorce after news came out that DeGeneres was cheating on de Rossi with another woman while de Rossi was in rehab for alcohol use in May.

    The couple however, surprised rumor mongers with this news of a big real estate purchase in spite of all the divorce talks.

    A source broke the news to Radar Online: “Ellen and Portia just purchased an entire floor of a luxury building in Beverly Hills.”  The source continues to describe the property: “It is very centrally located, right in the heart of everything that they do in Hollywood. They still have the land and the space they love in Santa Barbara, but this spot offers the convenience that they need.” Pursuitist.com says the couple bought the posh Beverly West building on the Wilshire Corridor for a reported $16 million.

    This high-end property reportedly comes with several amazing views among other perks: a full service concierge, 24-hour staff, a fitness center and a pool.

    It seems the couple is now more focused on money-making ventures and not divorce . “It’s a good sign that they are going to stay together,” the source told Radar. “Ellen and Portia have always loved working on a home project together!”

    The couple also bought another home in Los Angeles earlier in January. According to real estate sources, they made improvements to the LA home and flipped it for $49.5 million, making a $10 million profit.

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  • Mike Brown: Unarmed African American Teen Killed By Missouri Police

    The death of an 18-year-old African-American teen who was shot by a police officer in St. Louis on Saturday is causing unrest in the Missouri city as citizens are calling for answers. Police are saying that teenager Mike Brown was shot after a struggle with the police officer for his gun, an assertion that many are calling into question, including the African-American community that gathered at the scene of the shooting in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, to light candles for Brown.

    Brown had reportedly been walking to his grandmother’s house when he and another man were approached by a police officer riding in a patrol car. When the officer was about the leave the car, he was pushed by one of the men back into it and assaulted, according to the account of the police department. They then struggled for the officer’s gun, with one shot being fired in the car, and when the two men tried to leave the scene, the officer shot Brown about 35 feet away from the vehicle. Witnesses say that Brown was unarmed and that he had his hands in the air when he was shot dead.

    Brown’s grandmother, Desiree Harris, said that she had been driving back home when she saw him a few blocks away from her house and running toward it. However, moments after she arrived home, a commotion outside led her to find her grandson’s dead body sprawled on the street. “He was running this way. When I got up there, my grandson was lying on the pavement. I asked the police what happened. They didn’t tell me nothing,” she said.

    After the shooting, angry residents of the suburb gathered at the scene to confront local authorities while they stood guard over Brown’s body and attempted to control the crowds. Meanwhile, protesters also stormed the Ferguson police headquarters to protest the shooting on Saturday and Sunday, chanting “No justice! No Peace!”

    Brown was a 2014 graduate of Normandy High School and planning to attend Vatterott College on August 11, Monday. The police have not revealed the name or rank of the officer involved in the shooting, except for revealing that he had been on the force for six years.

    “We plan to do everything within our power to ensure that the Ferguson Police Department as well as the St. Louis County Police Department releases all details pertinent to the shooting,” said Esther Haywood, president of the NAACP in St. Louis County.

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  • Tia Mowry Called A “Nobody” By Charlize Theron?

    Instant Mom star Tia Mowry is doing some damage control over what she claims are overblown reports that she’s in a feud with Oscar-winning actor Charlize Theron. In an interview with In Touch recently, Mowry talked of an encounter at a SoulCycle class where Theron snubbed her. Mowry is now backing up, saying the incident was “blown out of proportion.”

    The original report had Mowry saying that she tried to introduce herself to Theron in the spinning class, but that Theron had rolled her eyes and said, “Oh my God.” Mowry claimed that she had approached the veteran actor politely, without being “over-the-top,” and that Theron was being “mean”.

    This presented a feeding frenzy for media, with reports coming out later that Theron had lashed back at Mowry. A source told Dish Nation that Theron had demanded that Mowry be banned from SoulCycle because she was so angry that Mowry had spoken to the tabloids about her. SoulCycle reportedly refused, which made the 39-year-old star of Snow White And The Huntsman even more angry. She was apparently concerned about her privacy during the 45-minute spinning classes, and a source claims that she said, “This nobody who was famous for a minute 20 years ago can complain to the tabloids about me but I can’t expect you to protect me from hangers-on in your studio?”

    However, sources are now coming out saying that the story is completely “fabricated and untrue.” Mowry herself is saying that she doesn’t know Theron personally, and admires her enough to even have a crush on her. “I absolutely love her, she’s my ‘woman crush Wednesday,’ you can even see it on my Instagram!” she said. “I’m obsessed with her, I love her, it was definitely blown out of proportion. So that’s all I’m going to say about that.”

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  • George Clooney Moves Forward With Marriage Process, License Obtained

    Fans of George Clooney still hoping against hope that the actor’s engagement to Amal Alamuddin would someday end are surely devastated to find out that the couple has obtained their marriage license. The 53-year-old Oscar winner and his barrister fiancée, 36, secured the license in London, which is where Alamuddin is based.

    As with regular citizens planning to tie the knot, Clooney and Alamuddin visited the Chelsea Register Office two weeks ago to formally announce their wedding by posting their wedding banns, which must be displayed in public for 16 days before they can marry. Their banns number among those posted by ordinary city folk and contain details such as the full name of Clooney (George Timothy Clooney) and the couple’s professions, listing his as “actor and director” and hers as “barrister”. The document also reveals when and where they will be holding their wedding. Members of the entertainment media hoping to cover the event should mark their calendars for September 20 and note that the couple plans to hold the ceremony in Italy.

    Although information about Alamuddin’s dress for the ceremony has not been leaked, rumors are circulating that she is considering designer Oscar de la Renta to make it. Meanwhile, Clooney’s choice seems to have been made as a team of designers from Giorgio Armani were recently flown to the actor’s home on LakeComo in Italy to fit him and his groomsmen for suits for the wedding. Clooney recently requested the mayor of LakeComo establish some laws that would safeguard his privacy leading up to the event, setting limits on how close people could swim up to or stand outside his property.

    Clooney and Alamuddin first met at a charity auction in September 2013 and became engaged in April this year. He said to Variety of his fiancée, “I’m marrying up.”

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  • Kate Gosselin Allegedly Screws Over Former BFF Over Book Deal

    Beth Carson, Kate Gosselin’s former best friend who used to help care for Gosselin’s children, is talking about her estranged relationship with the matriarch of the reality TV series Jon & Kate Plus 8. Carson says she collaborated with Gosselin on her memoir, Million Little Blessings. Things soon soured between the two when it came to splitting the proceeds from the book. After “doing all the writing,” Carson claims Gosselin tried to prevent her from being paid. Carson then hired a lawyer to help her out, which prompted Gosselin to end their friendship.

    According to Carson, Gosselin’s priorities turned to fame and fortune, while she and other former friends of the family were trying to help because they were concerned about the Gosselin children’s welfare. “Once it stopped being about the kids, and turned to fame and money, I was out. I really truly just wanted the kids to have what they needed. It was a really easy decision for me once it stopped being about the kids to say, ‘I’m out,’” said Carson.

    Gosselin’s friend says she stayed with her all throughout the show and saw her through the messy divorce with Jon. Carson even appeared on several episodes of the hit show on TLC. Although she doesn’t agree with her methods, Carson thinks that Gosselin is trying to take care of her children in the best way she can. She said, “You can’t take away from what she’s accomplished with having eight children fed and clothed, but maybe there’s a different way to go about it.”

    Carson is also pointing fingers at society and the show’s fans for turning Gosselin into the fame monster that she’s seen as today. She believes that everyone who tuned in to the show “fed the fire,” and therefore can’t turn around and criticize Gosselin for her actions.

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  • Miley Cyrus: Pop Star-Cum-Tattoo Artist

    Miley Cyrus: Pop Star-Cum-Tattoo Artist

    Miley Cyrus had just enough time to try her hand at a new career last Tuesday, on her day off following another Bangerz night in Pittsburgh.

    Cyrus spent her off day in NY, where she put on gloves and played tattoo artist. Celebrity tattoo artist Bang Bang was the encouraging coach and willing guinea pig to Cyrus’ first attempt at the needle.

    She inked a small crescent moon on the tattooist’s left thumb and also got him to ink a matching tat on her left inner arm. In true BFF fashion, she got the same moon shape, only a little bit more defined.

    Bang Bang –who has also worked with Justin Beiber– proudly showed off Cyrus’ handiwork to his followers on Instagram, saying: “‘I turned @mileycyrus into a tattoo artist today.”

    Cyrus’ version on Instagram showed the two on a rooftop with the caption: “BFF tats with @bangbangnyc”.

    The Wrecking Ball singer also got Bang Bang to add another tat to her ink collection, this time on her right forearm. The ink is a tribute of sorts to the musical group The Flaming Lips and it says “Love Yer Brain”.

    Bang Bang tells us the story behind the tat: “It’s from her favorite band, The Flaming Lips,” he explains. “It’s really just about advice about taking care of yourself and taking care of your temple.”

    Love Yer Brain is the title track from the group’s album from 1987 called Oh My Gawd!!!

    He continues to say that Cyrus had very definite ideas about how she wanted that tat to look – including how the font should be really thin and sloppy-looking and not super neat.

    Cyrus was later seen enjoying the night with her mom, Tish Cyrus, and some friends at the Sing Sing Karaoke Bar. Cyrus did a couple of duets with her mom and downed more than a couple of Soju vodkas before heading out to another club later on.

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  • Tyra Banks Says Victoria’s Secret Did Not Keep Promise They Made

    Tyra Banks has “a bone to pick” with Victoria’s Secret. The ex-model was a guest at Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live where she told Andy Cohen that Victoria’s Secret did not own up to a promise they made when she was still with them.

    The 40-year-old model turned businesswoman said: “The president of Victoria’s Secret promised me a lifetime supply of Victoria’s Secret products, even after I decided to leave the company, but once I left, he only let me have it for a year. So I have a bone to pick.”

    Banks retired from modelling a few years ago and has instead focused on her career as a serious talk show host and businesswoman. According to her, this is also why she declined offers to go back.

    “I have been asked to do a reunion many years ago, and I said no” says the creator and judge of the hit reality show series  America’s Next Top Model, “because I was trying to be taken seriously as a talk show host and as an executive producer and as a businesswoman.”

    Banks worked with Victoria’s Secret for a total of eight years, from 1997 to 2005, and has been one of the main icons of the brand in that period.

    Should the opportunity to reunite and work with them come around again, she says she doesn’t know if she would take it. She did say that she still feels a connection with her co-angels from the old days because of their bond as the original angels.  There’s still the possibility, since she hasn’t given a definite answer. The other two original VS angels, Gisele Bündchen and Heidi Klum, have also moved on from modelling to other more mature careers.

    Fans of the California native can also look forward to a sequel to her 2001 movie Life Size.  Banks told Cohen that she is currently in the process of writing Life Size 2, for which she is also executive producer. When pressed about giving Lindsey Lohan a role, she answered: “right now, we haven’t spoken to Lindsay, but you never know, she’s a woman now.”

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  • Mischa Barton’s Home In Foreclosure, Career In Decline

    Once a bright, young star on one of the hottest TV series of the 2000s, actor Mischa Barton has seen a big decline in her career. The 28-year-old former star of The O.C. is now facing impending foreclosure of her Beverly Hills villa, which she bought in 2005 at the height of her show’s fame. Barton purchased her home during the real estate bubble for $6.4 million, taking out a loan of $4.2 million to pay for it. However, according to property records obtained by Today and People, she is now more than five months and $100,000 behind on payments.

    Reportedly worth $8 million today, Barton’s Spanish-style home measures 7,607 square feet and has eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and a guest house measuring 3,000 square feet. Barton had supposedly been trying to sell the house but failed, now she has defaulted on her mortgage.

    Barton played the lead character Marissa Cooper on The O.C. but left in 2006 to pursue a film career, which did not pick up. She has since appeared on TV series The Beautiful Life: TBL and Law and Order: SVU, but earned a notorious reputation for her decadent social life, erratic behavior and drunk driving. In 2009, she was committed to involuntary psychiatric hold for passing out while under the influence of a sedative. She currently models for e-cigarette company VAPESTICK.

    People may think that she’d love to have the success of The O.C. back, but Barton said she probably would not do the show again if given the chance. “It’s something I came so close to not doing. I had a really great thing with film. People say, be grateful for what you have, but it certainly [was] not the kind of thing I was expecting it to be…I’ve kind of seen it all,” she said.

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  • Laura Plimpton: Martha Stewart’s Sister Dies Of Aneurysm

    Martha Stewart has announced the sudden death of her younger sister, Laura Plimpton, who died of a brain aneurysm on August 5, Tuesday. Plimpton was 59.

    The news comes from an e-mail that Stewart sent to employees at her lifestyle company, which was where Plimpton worked. In the e-mail obtained by the Daily Mail, Stewart states, “My youngest sister, and the youngest of the six Kostyra siblings, Laura Kostyra Plimpton, passed away today in Norwalk Hospital. Laura worked for me and the company for more than 25 years.”

    Plimpton had been feeling ill after finishing her morning workout, but was able to call for help from her second husband Randy, who rushed her to the hospital, according to the e-mail. She was found to have suffered a brain aneurysm, and doctors could not help her. Upon her death, her organs were donated, prompting Stewart to write, “We are so sad but also happy that Laura had the foresight to donate so many healthy organs to needy people.”

    Plimpton leaves behind three children, and a sister who wrote that she was “the very best” and “an extraordinary employee, mother, wife and sister.”

    Stewart invited her sister to join her company after Plimpton’s husband died of cancer. Plimpton used to write scripts for Stewart’s Ask Martha radio spots and worked closely with her sister, whom she was said to look up to as a “mother figure”. When Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison in 2004, it was Plimpton who accompanied Stewart’s daughter, Alexis, on Larry King Live to show support for her sister, saying that they had a “very special relationship.” Plimpton was also heavily involved in the day-to-day operations of Stewart’s lifestyle businesses, even appearing on segments of her TV show.

    Martha Stewart makes okra stew with sister Laura Plimpton

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