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First Jennifer Lawrence stole our hearts with her adorable GIF-tastic performance during the awards season. She undeniably swept the entire awarts circuit and earned her place as every girl’s imaginary BFF. While the hype surrounding JLaw is still going strong, the women of the world might just have a new bestie to add to their make-believe celebrity clique.
Mila Kunis simply shines in her interview with an awkward, bumbling BBC Radio 1 reporter. | Full Story
Destiny’s Child member, Michelle Williams, will star in new eOne’s reality television show alongside her sisters entitled My Sister’s Keeper.
My Sister’s Keeper will follow Williams and her sisters as the singer works on the release of her new solo gospel album. The new series is being produced by Entertainment One, the same company that produces the WE network reality show, starring gospel duo Mary Mary. Entertainment One’s music division will also be producing Williams’ album as well. | Full Story
TV’s favorite Type-A personality and mother of 8 children, Kate Gosselin, will officially be back to TV on Celebrity Wife Swap. The busy mother of 8 will switch places for one week with ex-playboy model, Kendra Wilkinson.
Kendra, the former Girls Next Door star is trading places with the single mother of twins and sextuplets, while Kate Gosselin will stay with Wilkinson’s husband, former NFL player Hank Baskett, and their 3-year-old son. | Full Story
David O. Russell and Bradley Cooper, the director and star, respectively, of Oscar darling Silver Linings Playbook headed to D.C. yesterday. They met with Vice President Biden to talk with him about the issue of mental health in this country. Biden, who invited Russell and Cooper alongside Senator Debbie Stebanow, has been part of an effort to improve our treatment of mental health in the wake of the Newtown shooting. After the meeting with Biden, Russell and Cooper helped Stebanow introduce the Excellence in Mental Health Act to the Senate. | Full Story
It was only a matter of time until Amy Poehler imparted her wisdom to the world via hardback book. The Parks and Recreation star just signed a deal to release her first book with Harper Collins in 2014.
Apparently writing a memoir is the thing to do if you’re a funny woman.
As seen on The Hollywood Reporter this morning, Poehler is following in the footsteps of her bestie, Tina Fey, who has sold more than 2 million copies of her book Bossypants. Other comedienne’s to pen their own novels include Mindy Kaling, Chelsea Handler, and Sarah Silverman. | Full Story
Leonardo DiCaprio recently announced he would be taking a break from acting, perhaps to heal the wounds of another round of Oscar snubs.
The Django Unchained actor gave yet another remarkable performance in Quentin Taratino’s Oscar nominated film, however Academy voters ignored DiCaprio yet again. The Academy also forgot about the legendary actor and his roles in Titanic, Romeo + Juliet, Revolutionary Road, Shutter Island, Gangs of New York, Catch Me If You Can, J. | Full Story
Conrad Bain, the sweet and caring father on the 1978-1985 sitcom, Diff’rent Strokes, died of natural causes in his hometown of Livermore, California, on Monday. Bain was 89.
Bain’s daughter, Jennifer Bain, confirmed her father’s death to PEOPLE. She told the magazine of her father’s passing, saying “He’d been unconscious for a couple of days, but he was comfortable and it was very peaceful. I was able to be with him very close to the end [and] able to put my ear to his heart and sing him songs.”
Bain had success in such shows as Diff’rent Stokes, Maude (1972-1978) and Mr. | Full Story
Last year Betty White’s 90th birthday party was such a smashing success, NBC decided to make it a yearly tradition. The network plans to air Betty White’s 2nd annual 90th birthday celebration on Tuesday, February 5th.
Miss White will again be honored (and likely roasted) by fellow celebrities, who will highlight her six decade spanning career. As seen on Deadline.com, Blake Shelton, Zachary Levi, Kate Flannery, Katie Couric, Sarah Silverman, Bill Cosby, Lily Tomlin, Sean Hayes, Rico Rodriguez, Larry King and even President Bill Clinton are just a few of the guests slated to attend the soiree. | Full Story
Will Lance Armstrong finally come clean about the illegal doping allegations? The world famous cyclist, cancer survivor, and alleged steroid user, Lance Armstrong, will appear on Oprah’s OWN The Next Chapter on January 17th. Per Deadline.com, this will be his first interview since the U.S. Anti-Doping agency first charged him with illegal performance enhancing drugs in 2011.
Oprah Winfrey is famous for being one of the most giving and compassionate philanthropists in the world, but equally as notorious for ripping apart anyone who dares dupe the general public. | Full Story
Justin Bieber’s white Ferrari was pulled over by police on Wednesday, with many paparazzi in tow, trying to snap pictures of the young heartthrob possibly receiving a ticket. However, the 18-year-old singer was not behind the wheel, since he lent his car to a rapper friend, Lil Twist.
The incident occurred Tuesday evening, near Sepulveda Boulevard and Getty Center Drive. A 29-year-old photographer identified by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office as Christopher James Guerra, was killed after being struck by oncoming traffic while crossing Sepulveda to get back to his car. | Full Story
Movies have enriched Dan Schindel's life so much that he decided
the best way to give back was to become a critic. In addition to Who Got the
Role?, he writes for ScreenPicks, We Are Movie Geeks, Off to
See the Elephant, and several other sites. He spent a year watching and
reviewing a documentary every day for his blog, Days of Docs, so now he
knows everything.
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