This Just In Ben Gazzara, Popular Character Actor, Dies at 81

Posted by Adriana Velez
on Feb 4, 2012 at 10:28 AM

ben gazzaraYou saw him in The Thomas Crown Affair. He played a mobster in Summer of Sam, an evil boss in The Spanish Prisoner, and porn producer Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski. Ben Gazzara, veteran actor, died yesterday at the age of 81

Ben Gazzara was one of those character actors you've seen in movie after movie. If his face doesn't pop into your mind immediately when you hear his name it's because he disappeared so deeply into his roles -- and because he played so many different kinds of  roles. 

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Yum! 'Ryan Gosling On Demand' Is the Best Valentine's Present Ever

Posted by Adriana Velez
on Feb 3, 2012 at 6:20 PM

ryan gosling locker roomOMGOMGOMG -- Y'all, they made us a Ryan Gosling channel! Time to do a happy dance all around the room. Whee! For the entire month of February, 8 of Gosling's movies will be available on demand via Time Warner. For you. For me. For between $1.99 and $4.99 per movie. For realz.

All you have to do is mosey on over to Movies on Demand, select BY GENRE, and then pick "Ryan Gosling." That will give you Le Ryan Menu. Pick you fave. And now, let us all talk about how SWEET this is.

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Stuck in Reality 'Bachelorette' Emily Maynard Is Scared to Death, and She Should Be

Posted by Lindsay Mannering
on Feb 3, 2012 at 5:55 PM

emily maynardEmily Maynard is the next Bachelorette, for now. There's still time ... she could back out. I'm kind of hoping she does because who in their right mind wants to be on the cheesiest of cheese reality shows? Again? Sounds like she's getting cold feet about her decision to return to the ABC series because she told People magazine that she's "scared to death" about the whole thing. AND WELL SHE SHOULD BE.

What was she thinking? Going back on the show is the worst idea I've heard since my mom suggested I "start saving more." Absolutely no good can come of this.

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GossipMonger Pippa Middleton's New Man Has a Castle, But He's No Prince

Posted by Nicole Fabian-Weber
on Feb 3, 2012 at 3:57 PM

Pippa Middleton & George Percy
Pippa Middleton & George Percy
Everybody's favorite not-technically-royal sister is off the market once again. Shortly after breaking things off with the handsome-but-seldom-seen Alex Loudon, Pippa Middleton reportedly has a new love in her life. Well, not technically new. But new to us. Well, new to those of us who don't stalk the Middleton sisters and their every move at least. So not me. She's rumored to be dating George Percy. If you're up on royal gossip, you know him as the dude Pippa went to Spain with shortly after the royal wedding -- and the dude she's previously been linked to.

I really think Pippa oughta just stay single right now, as the world's lips are currently placed firmly on her perfect bum, but I guess if she has to date someone, it may as well be Percy. This dude's a baller, yo.

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Heartbreaking Leslie Carter's Death Gets More Tragic as Details Are Revealed

Posted by Mary Fischer
on Feb 3, 2012 at 3:47 PM

Hearing the news about the death of Leslie Carter, sister to singers Aaron and Nick Carter, was extremely heartbreaking, but sadly it wasn't a huge shock. Isn't it kind of pathetic that our jaws don't drop anymore over the news of young celebrities passing away?

We won't know exactly how Leslie died until toxicology reports are released, but police seem to think that she may have overdosed on prescription drugs. And if her death at only 25 years old wasn't tragic enough, the fact that the drugs they believe she took were used to treat mental illness and depression just makes the whole situation so much sadder.

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Wonder Woman Madonna's 'Give Me All Your Luvin'' Video Proves She's Still Got It (VIDEO)

Posted by Maressa Brown
on Feb 3, 2012 at 3:31 PM

madonna give me all your luvin video stillYou know how catchy Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" is? So catchy that an 8-year-old little English princess learned all the lyrics and spit 'em out on YouTube/national TV, and we all flipped our lids! So. Take the infectiousness of that track and multiply it by, oh, I don't know, 1,000, and you've got Madonna's single, "Give Me All Your Luvin'." The song is a TOTAL earworm, and is about to (as Ke$ha would say) "bl-ohhhh, oh, oh, oh."

Madge teased the track and a snippet of the music video on American Idol last night, but today, we get the real treat -- the full-length song and football-themed video in all of its glory. And it is pretty glorious. It's got everything you could possibly imagine wanting in a music video from Madonna in 2012: Controversy (she "breastfeeds" a baby doll?!), taboo (strange anime doll-masked girls make out), a retro wig nod to Marilyn Monroe (see above), oh, and of course, the Material Girl's latest ladies in waiting, M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj.

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This Just In If Madonna Were Rob Gronkowski, She'd Suck It Up

Posted by Lindsay Mannering
on Feb 3, 2012 at 2:09 PM

madonna super bowlMadonna is built like a brick house. You've seen her Gollum-like hands. There isn't an ounce of weakness in her body, and she wants you to know it. She may be 53, but she will still out-work you, out-perform you, and out-do you more so than anyone else out there. It doesn't matter if you're a professional football player, either. She has no tolerance for any sort of physical or mental deficiency. Take what she had to say about New England Patriots tight end, Rob Gronkowski. The guy's got a sprained ankle and is iffy to start in the Super Bowl on Sunday, and when the Material Girl was asked what she thought of his situation, she bit down, hard.

She was basically like, well I would play. Pain is only weakness leaving the body. Rrroar! And then she beat her chest and started singing "Ray of Light" in double time. Sort of. Here's what she told Fox 25 in Boston:

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Stuck in Reality 'Bachelorette' Jen Schefft Finds Her Happy Ending Far From Reality TV

Posted by Sasha Brown-Worsham
on Feb 3, 2012 at 1:57 PM

The Bachelor has a frighteningly low success rate in terms of the happiness of the couples that come off the show. But the people in the couples often go on to live their own happy endings off camera and the recent announcement that former Bachelor contestant (and Bachelorette herself) Jen Schefft is expecting baby number two with husband Joe Waterman is just like that.

Schefft was Andrew Firestone's pick back in the early days of The Bachelor and both Schefft and Firestone have gone on to find happiness with others. They got their marriages and their babies and their American dream. They just didn't get on television. And of course they didn't!

Who actually thinks this show works? With the exception of Trista Sutter, not one couple has actually met, become engaged, and married in a linear, happy fashion. Jason Mesnick did, but only after he picked the wrong girl and asked his second pick for a second chance.

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TV Addict Santana & Brittany Finally Give 'Glee' Fans the Kiss They've Been Wanting

Posted by Emily Abbate
on Feb 3, 2012 at 12:52 PM

Brittany and Santana on 'Glee'After last week's Michael Jackson tribute episode, I don't know if it's possible for Glee to get any better. Seriously, so much juiciness is going on. Rachel and Finn's future together, Sam kissing Mercedes, Kurt and Rachel getting into NYADA ... my head's spinning just thinking about all of it! Doesn't it totally feel like everything that's been building up over the last 11 episodes is literally bursting at the seems?

With all of the craziness, it feels like my favorite couple on the show, Brittany and Santana, have been given a bit of the cold shoulder. The good news? Not for long! If you're a Brittana fan, I have some solid news for you. It has something to do with the Valentine's Day episode. Pucker up, ladies!

** Obvious spoilers ahead.

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Stuck in Reality Jamie Lynn Spears Could Be Best Thing for 'Teen Mom' Chelsea Houska

Posted by Jeanne Sager
on Feb 3, 2012 at 12:17 PM

Chelsea Houska Teen Mom 2Behold the power of social media! Not only can it convince a major non-profit to reverse a completely ridiculous decision, but it can bring famous teen mom Jamie Lynn Spears and Teen Mom 2 star Chelsea Houska together. And now for the real test.

Is it possible that this social media fueled friendship might just be the key to the sweet Houska finally getting the gumption to kick her deadbeat loser baby daddy out the door for good? Now that would be a miracle worth Tweeting about!

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