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Facebook’s ever-changing privacy settings are enough to confuse even mogul Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, Randi Zuckerberg.
Randi Zuckerberg posted a photo of her family to her personal Facebook timeline, which shows the group standing around in a kitchen staring at their phones with their mouths agape, with Mark in the background. Little did Randi Zuckerberg know, this very photo (pictured above) would surfaced across the Internet and become an overnight topic of conversation. | Full Story
The ultimate Christmas bully, Scut Farkus, from Warner Bros.’ 1983 A Christmas Story, has filed a lawsuit against the National Entertainment Collectables Association for using a picture of his face without his consent.
In November of 2010, Zack Ward, the actor who played Scut Farkus, attended the annual Christmas Story fundrasier in Clevland, Ohio. A fan approached Ward, showing him A Christmas Story board game with a picture of himself as Scut Farkus on the outside of the box. | Full Story
Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy became proud parents to a bouncing baby boy last Monday, December 17th. In typical celebrity fashion, the husband and wife gave their son an unusual first name – Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy.
I can’t help but wonder if the couple are really big Miley fans, or if there is some other story behind the baby’s first name. Cyrus is nowhere near as weird as Apple or Bear, in fact I’d be in full support if this had happened pre-Miley head shaving. | Full Story
Christopher Chaney has officially been sentenced to ten years in jail after hacking into the personal emails of A-list actresses, such as Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, and Christina Aguilera.
According to Perez Hilton, Chaney tried to illegally sell nude photos of the famous ladies back in 2011. Upon initial investigation he claimed innocence, but has since fessed up to his e-mail hacking. It’s particularly creepy that he was able to hack multiple accounts before being caught. | Full Story
Actor Channing Tatum and his wife of three years, Jenna Dewan-Tatum have announced that they are expecting their first child. People magazine named Tatum “Sexiest Man Alive” in November 2012 and Jenna Dewan-Tatum is definitely worthy of the “Sexiest Woman Alive” title. I think it is safe to say this couple will have a beautiful baby, no matter who’s genes are more dominant.
If you think Jenna Dewan-Tatum looks familiar, then you are correct. | Full Story
Season one American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson announced on Twitter, that she was engaged. The singer tweeted to her followers, “I’M ENGAGED!!!!! I wanted y’all to know!! Happiest night of my life last night! I am so lucky and am with the greatest man ever ”
The now engaged 30-year-old pop star will be marrying Brandon Blackstock, the son of Clarkson’s manager, Narvel Blackstock, who is married to country singer/actress Reba McEntire. | Full Story
Taylor Swift’s Nashville home had an unwelcome intruder early Friday morning. The 24-year-old man, Jacob Kulke, was arrested at 1:45 a.m. after allegedly jumping a fence on Swift’s property.
Kulke was caught and detained by security until police arrived at the scene and was later arrested. The intruder explained to police that he took a bus all the way from Wisconsin to be with his “girlfriend” for her 23rd birthday, which was Thursday. | Full Story
Funnyman Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live, Hotel Transylvania) has been slated to host the 2013 Indie Spirit Awards. In addition to his mainstream acting gigs, Samberg also started in the indie film, Celeste and Jesse Forever, alongside Rashida Jones, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year. The LA Times confirms Samberg will be hosting the event in Santa Monica on February 23, 2013. This permiere American independent film awards show will kick off awards season this February. | Full Story
Proud mama Jessica Simpson is happy to announce she’s expecting…again. Us Weekly reports she and her fiance Eric Johnson were surprised to learn they had another bun cooking in the oven just a few months after the birth of their first baby girl, Maxwell Drew. The couple wasn’t trying for another baby so soon, but are overjoyed about it.
Weight Watchers must either be elated to have Jessica sign back on again so soon or annoyed that she’s going to quickly gain all the weight back she so publicly just lost. | Full Story
Say WHAT!? The Hollywood Reporter released news that R&B singer, R. Kelly, is adapting his infamous “hip hopera,” Trapped In The Closet, for Broadway.
The singer/ songwriter has been writing ‘chapters’ for these viral video sensations since 2005. As of now, there are 23 chapters, each one more dramatic than the rest with Kelly starring as the title character, Sylvester. Earlier this year, Kelly revealed that he’s writing MORE chapters to Trapped in the Closet. | 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.
The Hollywood Reporter
