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“Glee” Cast “The X Factor” Performance?

The cast of Glee is in chats to head across the pond for a performance on The X Factor, the ITV UK singing competition featuring judges Dannii Minogue, Cheryl Cole, and Simon Cowell. “Getting Glee on board is a real coup and everyone is very excited about it. Fans are going to be in for [...]

“Good Morning America” Weatherman Sam Champion Loses Dad

The forecast reads “Cloudy With a Chance of Sad Faces” for Good Morning America meterologist Sam Champion. The AM show’s usually-chipper weather personality is feeling a bit down in the dumps after the passing of his beloved dad, Lt. Col. James H. Champion. The decorated war veteran died at his home in Houston late Monday, [...]

Lindsay Lohan Doesn’t Do Toilets

Lindsay Lohan’s come down to earth with a thump during her fourth (of fifth — But hey, who’s counting?) stint in rehab. Not only is the admittedly cash-strapped starlet looking for a sponsor to foot the bill for her treatment, we hear the former child star is none too pleased that she’s being forced to [...]

Obama Administration Stands Up To Bullies: Schools That Ignore Bullying Could Lose Federal Funding

In a move that one federal education official is calling unprecedented, on Tuesday, The Obama Administration announced a plan of action to hold schools responsible for failure to stop bullying. In the wake of a recent surge in suicides by bullied young adults — particularly those in the LGBTQ community — The White House has [...]

Joe Finley, “America’s Got Talent” Hopeful, “Person Of Interest” In Wife’s Death

The wife of an America’s Got Talent hopeful has been found dead in the same hotel where auditions for the TV talent show took place over the weekend, and the wannabe contestant has found himself identified as a “person of interest” in the investigation into how she died. Laura Finley accompanied her husband Joe — [...]

Kara DioGuardi Returns To TV In Bravo’s “Going Platinum”

Ex-American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi is heading back to television as head judge on a new Bravo songwriting talent show, Going Platinum, the network confirmed on Tuesday. Going Platinum will follow 12 musicians as they write music and lyrics for various genres of music. Everything from hip-hop to electronica will be represented, according to Bravo. [...]

10 Hot Babes Dressed as Street Fighter Characters

Capcom’s perennial Street Fighter is a venerable and aged beast. Since 1987 the beat-em-up franchise has sold over 29,000,000 units; enough to stake its claim at the 40th spot on Wikipedia’s list of best selling video game franchises. With an international cast of kickass characters and addictive gameplay it’s no wonder it’s so popular. Today, [...]

Hiccup Girl Murder Case: Cops Say Jennifer Mee Lured Victim To Robbery After Meeting Him Online

Jennifer Anne Mee, better known as “Hiccup Girl,” garnered international attention three years when the then 15-year-old experienced a baffling bout of hiccups that wouldn’t quit for five weeks. The Hiccup Girl, now 19, is facing a challenge that even the miracles of medicine can’t wash away: a charge of first-degree felony murder. Mee and [...]

“Atlanta Housewife” Nene Leakes Tormenting Cast Of “Celebrity Apprentice”

Say hello to TV’s new Omarosa. We’re only two weeks into the taping of the fourth season of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice but there are already reports that castmember Nene Leakes from — best known as the resident fireblower on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta — is behaving like a Melrose Place Superbitch. And Nene’s [...]

Paul The Psychic Octopus Dies

Paul The Octopus has drifted off to a fully-equipped aquarium in the sky. The octopus oracle’s uncanny knack for predicting the winning teams for eight of the matches that made up last summer’s soccer World Cup Championships made him an international wonder. The English-born Paul passed away peacefully early Tuesday as he slept at the [...]

Gene Simmons Hospitalized For Dehydration

KISS bassist Gene Simmons, 61, was hospitalized at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood on Sunday after he fainted and suffered a minor injury at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) over the weekend. Upon further investigation, doctors diagnosed Simmons with dehydration. He suffered a minor cut to his head and was kept overnight for observation. It’s been [...]

The Giudices Crash Christening

Even in this crazy table-flipping World of Reality TV that we live in, debt-ridden Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Teresa & Joe Giudice have managed to hang onto their title as the “World’s Most Uncouth Reality Couple” (Move Over Heidi & Spencer) after reportedly crashing the christening for Teresa’s infant nephew. We hear all [...]

Morning Crunch Crumbs

-”Atom.com introduces Jason Nash is Married – a brand new Web series starring Busy Philipps (Cougar Town, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Jason Nash (NBC’s Last Comic Standing, The Shaman), and Joe Lo Truglio (Superbad, Pineapple Express). The show will span nine episodes over the next four weeks and chronicles Jason’s life as a married [...]

“Superman” Makeover

First Wonder Woman got a 21st century makeover, now it’s time for another DC Comics superhero to get the Maury Makeover treatment. The look that has been Clark Kent’s calling card for the past 72 years is about to get an update. Superman is re-imagined as a 20-year-old crimefighter in Superman: Earth One, a new [...]

Carey Mulligan Nurses Brokenheart Post-Shia At The Best Western

Some gals drown their breakup blues with pint-sized shots of Tequila. Other max the black strip off their Macy’s charge card. But if you’re Academy Award-nominated actress Carey Mulligan, you check in for a Vacay for One at the local Best Western! The pixie-cut cutie reportedly called time on her romance with Hollywood lothario Shia [...]

Jake Gyllenhaal Taylor Swift Dating?

Super-hot couple alert. Taylor Swift has a new muse: Alleged down-low brother Jake Gyllenhaal! The squinty-eyed singer/songwriter has turned her role as The Queen of Kiss & Tell into four Grammys, we now hear that the “Speak Now” songstress and the Oscar-nominated actor were spied leaving a restaurant in Brooklyn’s posh Park Slope neighborhood looking [...]

Jenna Von Oy — “Six” Of “Blossom” Fame — Married Dell Consultant

Six got hitched! Singer/actress Jenna Von Oy may be best-remembered for her role as motor-mouthed teenager “Six LeMeure” on NBC’s ’90s sitcom Blossom, but the petite star has her fingers crossed that first time is the charm for marriage after wedding Dell computer data consultant Brad Bratcher on Oct. 10. Von Oy, 33, and Bratcher, [...]

What Your Drink Signals About You

You may think nobody cares about what you’re drinking but in reality people around you not only notice but they create a mental picture of who you are simply based on what you’re drinking. Check out this illustrated guide from The OnlineDating Blog. To learn more about what your drink is telling others around you, [...]

Lea Michele’s Still A Diva

The shimmering scandal over a randy centerfold on the pages of the November issue of GQ is the least of Glee’s problems. Who cares about a public relations scandal when you’re bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Lea! Star Magazine snoops claim doe-eyed songstress Lea Michele is still terrorizing the cast and crew of television’s [...]

15 (Thankfully) Imaginary Celebrity Fragrances

Celebrities love to sell themselves. No matter what they’re famous for (even if it’s just famous for being famous), eventually they want to diversify to gain more of their favorite things: money and attention.