On Monday, a clip of child beauty pageant queen and reality TV star Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson's Dr. Drew interview gone awry made the rounds on the Internet. In it, an exhausted Honey Boo Boo pretended to sleep while the talk show host asked her if it was difficult to be on TV.

While seven-year-old Honey Boo Boo's Dr. Drew interview may have been the pinnacle of bizarre moments of her recent talk show rounds, there are certainly more strange snippets from the week and from her two years a fame.

Above is a supercut of those unforgettable Honey Boo Boo moments, first as a contestant on TLC's controversial "Toddlers and Tiaras," and then as the star of her own show, "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," which shows her family's life in rural McIntyre, Georgia.

From Billy Bush hitting her on the head with pillows to Honey Boo Boo getting bored while talking to Jimmy Kimmel, watch the video above to see the 14 strangest moments from Honey Boo Boo's talk show appearances.

Nelly Furtado broke out as a pop star back in 2000 with the acoustic earworm "I'm Like a Bird," but only went stratospheric after trading her crunchy west coast persona for a sexed-up man-eating one on her 10 million-selling Timbaland collab Loose. But that was 2006.

This year's long-awaited The Spirit Indestructible, her proper follow-up after 2009's Spanish-language Mi Plan, showed her formerly indestructible chart presence had some cracks, with lead single "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" making little impression on radio and the album barely denting the pop charts.

"Just like a lot of my albums, actually. I have very few albums that debut high," Furtado tells HuffPost Canada, and certainly The Spirit Indestructible debuting at 79 on the Billboard chart (and number 18 at home in Canada) with 6,000 copies sold doesn't compare well to the "Promiscuous"-fueled Loose, which opened at number one and sold 219,000.

"I've had kind of everything happen to me commercially and at different levels," she says. "I've had different scenes and I've dabbled in a lot of markets so I see the music world as very global and I'm always looking for new avenues and opportunities, so one chart or anything doesn't necessarily [mean anything.]"

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Furtado, of course, is just powering onward. He latest single, the eclectic dance cut "Parking Lot," came out with a video a couple weeks ago and the singer is looking ahead toward taking her show on the road.

"We'll see what happens and just keep on chugging along with these songs because musically I can't wait to perform them live. That's my main goal," she says.

Besides, she adds, The Spirit Indestructible is the exact album that she wanted to make, not one that was dictated by current trends, potential radio play or record sales.

"It's a good litmus test because that means you are always happy no matter what happens," Furtado says.

"I'm so proud of it creatively. I've gotten feedback that it's a very liberating album to listen to and for me it was liberating to create it. Luckily, I have had a lot of ups and downs in my career on a commercial level, so I'm very bulletproof in that way."

So happy, together? Adam Levine made his first public outing with new girlfriend Behati Prinsloo. The Maroon 5 frontman and Victoria's Secret model from Namibia attended the GQ Gentleman's Ball in New York on Wednesday, where they dined at a table together and posed with Ted Danson and his daughter, Kate.

Rumors of a relationship between Levine, 33, and Prinsloo, 23, first began when the pair were photographed kissing in Hawaii over Memorial Day weekend.

Levine, currently a judge on NBC's "The Voice," was reportedly blindsided when girlfriend-of-two-years Anne Vyalitsyna, also a model, broke up with him via press statement in April. "Adam and I have decided to separate in an amicable and supportive manner. We still love and respect each other as friends. I wish him all the best," Vyalitsyna told People.

As my ancestors did for centuries before me, on March 14, 1992, I became a Bar Mitzvah. The Jewish rite of passage is often referred to as the time when a boy becomes a man. One of the many differences between me and my ancestors who read from the Torah before me is that I became a man with a picture of Madonna airbrushed on my shirt. In a sense, I dedicated my coming of age to my god, Madonna. And it was so comforting knowing that as I became a man, Madonna was on my back the entire time.

Though I value the tradition of becoming a Bar Mitzvah and proclaiming my responsibility to family, community and a relationship with God, this was not the main reason that I chose to go through years of preparation for the ceremonial rite of passage. Bar Mitzvahs are usually followed by a (themed) reception that could be likened to a quinceañera, a debutante ball or a wedding reception. Truth be told, I became a Bar Mitzvah for the party. The theme of the party is chosen based on the child's hobbies and interests. I've attended countless sports-themed Bar Mitzvahs during my time.

Even at the ripe old age of 12, I knew that the theme could make or break my big day. I was not into sports, movies or action figures like my friends, so the choice was not an obvious one for me. Even during months of discussing possible themes with my parents, I knew what I wanted, and I had it all planned out in my mind. However, I needed to be strategic in how I broached the subject with my parents.

The perfect time was while shopping with my mom at T.J.Maxx. She is always in the best mood when finding a bargain. As we browsed the sale racks of the Maxx, I found a pair of earrings in the shape of Madonna True Blue albums. Perfect, I thought.

"If my theme were Madonna," I said to my mom, showing her the earrings, "we could give these away to all the girls as party favors."

Her response? "If that's what you are really into, why not?"

I was shocked. We bought the earrings, and plans for my Madonna-themed Bar Mitzvah were underway.

As a young man with a flare for the dramatic, I knew I had to make a grand entrance at the reception. The idea came to me while watching the HBO telecast of Madonna's Blond Ambition World Tour for the very first time. "Vogue" spoke to me instantly. Watching Madonna and her dancers strike a pose moved me in a way that I could not articulate at the time. It only occurred to me recently, while watching Paris Is Burning for the hundredth time, what a profound choice it was. In my own middle-class, Jewish, suburban, adolescent way, I was drawn to Madonna's "Vogue" for reasons that are not completely different from why the original voguers were drawn to vogueing in the New York City "ball" scene. My repression did not come close to what the original voguers experienced (for example, racism, homophobia, HIV/AIDS, poverty and other forms of extreme adversity), but as I was discovering my own sexual orientation, I, like them, found in vogueing a refuge from feeling isolated and different.

While my mom and her crew of family and friends planned and prepared every aspect of the reception, I had only two duties: 1) to practice reading from the Torah, and 2) to practice the dance. I vogued for months, and it quickly took precedence over my practice of the Torah. The way I saw it, nobody would understand a word I said in Hebrew, so they would have no idea if I made a mistake, but a failed dance step had potentially tragic repercussions. Every day after school for two months I watched "Vogue" from the Blond Ambition VHS tape over and over again, and every evening until dinner, I practiced my moves with my sister barking orders at me to have stronger arms, sharper movements, etc.

Then, on March 14, 1992, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt in Deerfield, Ill., a (viral) star was born.

My friends and family walked into my idea of heaven: a Madonna wonderland sprinkled with black, teal and silver glitter. Silver-glittered busts of Madonna adorned each table. A giant Truth or Dare banner, which I had begged the owner of a neighborhood video store to give me, hung behind the DJ booth. A picture of Madonna caressing my awkward face greeted guests at the entrance of the ballroom, and each guest received an "I Vogued with Shaun at Shaun's Bar Mitzvah" T-shirt. Each table was named after a Madonna song; I sat at "Vogue," my best friends sat at "Express Yourself," and fittingly, all my elderly relatives sat at "Live to Tell."

After the guests had had time to kibitz (schmooze) while sipping drinks and noshing (nibbling) on bite-sized potato latkes (pancakes), they found their way to their tables. It was time. The DJ announced "the Bar Mitzvah man of the hour, Shaun!" Cue the music. I entered the room with that innocence and naïveté that can only be found in a child (or in a young man who has only been a man for about an hour), and then I was off:

I performed the dance with a lot of heart and a whole lot of chutzpah (balls). The reveal of the air-brushed Madonna shirt that my mom had surprised me with that morning delighted the guests, and the dance went off without a hitch. After I retrieved my jacket and composed myself, I took the microphone for a speech that I had spent weeks preparing. I thanked my friends and family and, most importantly, my parents. If I had known then what I know now, I would have gotten down on my knees and kissed their feet in gratitude for allowing me to be me. I didn't know at that time how lucky I was. I concluded the speech by saying in my prepubescent, 13-year-old voice, "Now strike a pose, and let's get to it." Then we ate, we drank, and we danced the Horah.

For 20 years I was relatively quiet about the details of my Bar Mitzvah. I mentioned it from time to time in conversation, and in 2004 a short essay I wrote about it was featured, along with a photo of the event, in the coffee-table book Bar Mitzvah Disco, by Roger Bennett, Nick Kroll and Jules Shell. But until just a few years ago, the video was hidden deep in the crawl space of my childhood home, where it could not embarrass me. Then I found it unintentionally. I brought it home but kept the VHS in its sleeve for months as it collected dust on my bookshelf. Then one night, when I was all alone, I attempted to watch the video. I could not make it past the finger-snapping opening without running from the room in terror. It took me several attempts before I could watch my flamboyant 13-year-old self strike a pose like there was nothing to it.

I fell in love with Madonna on May 23, 1990, when I was 11 years old. It was the day that her Blond Ambition World Tour opened in Chicago. I was watching the morning news with my mom before school, like we did every morning, and they showed a clip of the opening number of the tour, "Express Yourself." I was hooked immediately. From that moment on, everybody knew about my love of Madonna.

Each time Madonna releases a new album or goes on tour, I become that giddy 13-year-old boy from the Bar Mitzvah video. When it was announced in December 2011 that Madonna would perform at the Super Bowl halftime show to promote her new MDNA album in advance of her world tour, those familiar feelings flooded back. It felt like Hanukkah, and I couldn't get enough MDNA.

At about the time MDNA was released, I started asking myself why, after 22 years, I still idolized Madonna. I had never questioned this before, but I was fascinated with this phenomenon. I started writing about it, and I found that instead of focusing on my love for Madonna, I was writing about my own life and comparing it with Madonna's life and career. I noticed how many times her creative expression had mirrored my inner struggle and development. Madonna's influence on me is significant.

I decided to perform one of the stories I'd written at an intimate event in Chicago on Aug. 15, 2012. That piece, which covered the period from the beginning of my infatuation with Madonna up to the Bar Mitzvah, was the first in a series that I was calling Madonna and Me. The video of my Bar Mitzvah dance was to be projected on a screen behind me as I told the story and vogued along with my 13-year-old self. In anticipation of the performance, I posted the video to YouTube on Aug. 10. I sent the link to a few friends, but I asked them not to post it on their Facebook pages or on other social media sites, as I wanted it to be a surprise at the Aug. 15 performance. However, my friend Scott was eager to share the video. The morning of the performance, the following series of exchanges occured between Scott, me and the Perez Hilton:

Facebook chat between Scott and me, Aug. 15, 2012, 11:13 a.m.:

Scott: Are you ready for the show tonight? Excited. Can I email the link to Perez Hilton?

Me: I guess. Maybe we shld wait until after the show tomorrow.
Me: Ah, go for it. It's not like anything will happen.

Scott: Its madonna's birthday tomorrow - the timing is good

Me: ok - do it.

Scott: you better prepare yourself for fame

Me: hahaha - yeah, right.

Scott: just wait
Scott: I will wait until tomorrow to post it on his FB wall...or should I not wait?

Me: wait until tomorrow - please! I want tonight to be a surprise ok!

Scott: Ok.

Email from Scott to Perez Hilton, Aug. 15, 2012, 11:17 a.m.:

you MUST watch this video...

Email from Perez Hilton to Scott, Aug. 15, 2012, 11:22 a.m.:

I'm dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Facebook chat between Scott and me, Aug. 15, 2012, 11:23 a.m.:

Scott: SHAUN!!!!!!!!!!!! PEREZ JUST WROTE BACK TO ME PERSONALLY!!!!!!!!!!

Me: shut the fuck up right now

Scott: FORWARDING IT TO YOU

Me: what does that mean?

Scott: he's DYING. from it

Me: I can't believe this. I can't.

Scott: is he going to post it?
Scott: omg omg omg omg
Scott: we will see!
Scott: I'm shaking
Scott: I'm not going to write back, let's just see what happens

Me: sssssstop it
Me: is this for real

Scott: YES!
Scott: swear to god

Me: what should we do?

Scott: nothing, wait

Me: are you sure?

Scott: omg omg omg omg omg omg

Me: holy fucking shit scott

Scott: ok, let's wait patiently
Scott: still shaking

Me: this is nuts --- NUTS!

Scott: SHAUN!!!!!! LOOK AT PEREZHILTON.COM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perezhilton.com, Aug. 15, 2012, 11:34 a.m.:

Perez Hilton's Twitter feed, Aug. 15, 2012, 11:34 a.m.:

This #Madonna video is about to go viral all over the Internet in 5,4,3,2...shar.es/vVSdCRT RT RT !!!

— Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) August 15, 2012

Email from me to Perez Hilton, Aug. 15, 2012, 12:16 p.m.:

Hey Perez -

It's Shaun - the Madonna Bar Mitzvah Boy - Thank you so much for posting the video. I have waited 20 years to share this video and I can't believe you posted it - this is amazing!!!!

xo,
Me

Email from Perez Hilton to me, Aug. 15, 2012:

You are my hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. Where can I get that shirt????? Ha

As I quipped back and forth with Scott and Perez, my life felt like a dream. I truly had no idea what was about to happen. Within hours of the video being posted on PerezHilton.com, it was picked up by every major blog on the Web. I spent most of the day running in circles in my office trying to wrap my head around it all, as I answered phone calls and messages from hundreds of friends and strangers who had seen the post. By the time I left work that day to do the show, the video had been viewed over 25,000 times.

That night I performed the 15-minute piece in a small, crowded gallery on the north side of Chicago. The room was packed with both friends who knew of the publicity frenzy that had occurred that day and strangers who had no idea. The energy in the room was electric. As I told my tale about the early years of my love affair with Madonna and attempted to rationalize my infatuation, I saw that the story was really resonating with people. I think the crowd responded to the story for the same reason that people have responded to the video. I like to think that it's a universal story about growing up, finding yourself and having a role model to guide you through the dark spots. And who doesn't love a video of an awkward teenage gay boy dancing to Madonna?

When I finally got home that night and lay in bed, my body was buzzing with energy. It was as if I could sense people watching the video and could hear them saying my name. I think what I was feeling was the energy of the universe.

The next morning the video was shown on local and national morning shows around the country. I had no idea that the attention had continued through the morning, but as I was driving to work, I got a call from a producer at Today. They wanted to fly me to New York that night to be on the show the next morning. I hung up the phone and cried. I was so extremely happy, but I really didn't know exactly why. I knew that what was happening was bigger than the video. The universe was somehow leading me onto a path that I was supposed to follow.

The calls didn't stop coming in from media outlets seeking a comment, an interview or an appearance. That day I spoke with producers from Good Morning America, Anderson Live, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and HuffPost Live. As I talked about the video, I found it so easy to discuss the Bar Mitzvah and the decision to post the video. But what surprised me the most was that I found myself discussing a deeper meaning in the video that I hadn't known existed until that day.

I never consciously thought about what my Bar Mitzvah might have represented for people on the outside. For me it was an awesome celebration of my becoming a man. But as I read comments on the blogs, YouTube comments and random emails from strangers, there was so much more. Aside from scattered homophobic rants, I received hundreds of messages of support from strangers. One person commented on YouTube:

Shaun, You ARE AWESOME! Every child should be able to be themselves just as you were. And EVERY child should have parents as open and loving as yours. Well done to you and your folks.

A young guy emailed me on Facebook:

Thanks for making me smile today and helping me feel less alone.

And I received this email from another stranger:

Dear Shaun,

You don't know me, but I had to find you and write you immediately. Thank you for sharing the video of your Bar Mitzvah. My greatest hope is that I can instill in my child the confidence that you had at thirteen. Your video has done what a million "It Gets Better" videos can't do - a true and real representation of inner-strength and pride. I showed the video to my twelve year old son who has been suffering dealing with his own sexuality. As he watched the video, it's the first time I have seen him smile in six months.

Thank You for sharing

As I read that email, it became clear to me: I have a responsibility to share this story.

By Julie Miller, Vanity Fair

Devastating news for anyone who spent the past few months tracking Taylor Swift's romance with Conor Kennedy (even going as far as writing fan fiction about the singer's odd relationship with Conor's grandmother Ethel Kennedy): Taylor and Conor have allegedly broken up. The heart-wrenching report arrives via Us Weekly, to which "a close friend" of Swift's relayed that the couple had "quietly parted ways a while ago." Casually, the friend adds, "It was just a distance thing. No hard feelings. They're fine." Easy to say for someone who did not buy a $4.9 million house in Hyannis Port, learn how to drag, and crash a wedding just to be closer to her boyfriend's family. Regardless of whether or not the story is true, it conspicuously comes at a momentous time for Swift--for those who have not been paying attention, Swift's latest album, Red, was released this week--and absolutely raises some urgent questions among TayCon enthusiasts. To wit:

Would someone please check on Ethel?! How is she doing? Who broke the news to her? (Probably Taylor, she seems considerate like that.)

Did the breakup have anything to do with the rumor that Swift dated Conor's cousin Patrick Schwarzenegger? Or the fact that Taylor probably did not want to spend much time in her 18-year-old boyfriend's dorm room?

Will Taylor ever drag again?

What will Taylor write in her future breakup song about Conor?

Did this have anything to do with our imaginary account of an afternoon with Taylor and Ethel? That was completely fictional--as far as we know, the pair never spent hours making vision boards and ignoring cell-phone calls from Conor.

Will Taylor keep her home in Hyannis Port? (Has someone in the family confronted her about the misspelled "Hyiannis Port" liner notes yet?) Will she transition out of the unusually retro clothing style she adopted during her courtship with Conor?

How long will it be before another young woman follows Taylor's foolproof Kennedy-infiltration model? And should we place bets?

What are the chances that Taylor and Conor get back together for the sake of their happiness and, most important, the happiness of Ethel?

Please contribute your own pressing concerns in the space below.

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Swimsuit model and "Real Housewives of Miami" cast member Joanna Krupa is comfortable shedding her clothes in front of the camera, but she is not comfortable wearing fur.

And in a new ad for PETA, Krupa strips down to show people just how ridiculous wearing fur really looks.

Krupa goes topless in the new anti-fur campaign for PETA, but keeps her bottoms on with some fake fur trim to prove a point. With fur tucked into her underwear and sticking out from the sides, the model's ad definitely turns heads.

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"I wanted to do this campaign to keep talking to people about how bad fur is. Stop! Fur is not sexy. It's not cool," Krupa told PETA, according to a press release. "You're walking down the street wearing fur—you really look like an idiot!"

The self-proclaimed animal lover was willing to get a little outrageous in the name of anti-fur. "These animals get skinned alive, they get electrocuted, they get drowned. They're raised only for fashion and that's what drives me crazy that people still [wear fur] in 2012. We're not in the caveman era anymore. There's no reason to wear fur. There's so many synthetic materials that will keep you warm," she said.

This is Krupa's third PETA campaign.

In 2010, the Polish model posed naked with angel wings and a crucifix covering her private parts. Catholic critics were not pleased with Krupa's ad, but the former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant defended herself.

"I think worrying about going topless in a photo shoot or film is really ridiculous," Krupa told Fox News. "And the fact is, Pope John Paul said, since we were born naked, it is art, and it's just showing a beautiful body that God created."

PETA has capitalized on shocking ads, which oftentimes feature naked celebrities, to promote animal rights.

Drag performer and former "RuPaul Drag Race" contestant Sharon Needles recently posed for a bloody, cannibal-themed PETA ad to promote vegetarianism. In the Halloween ad, Needles stands dripping with blood, clutching a dismembered human leg and arm. The caption reads: "If gnawing on flesh turns your stomach, why not go veg?"

PHOTO: Joanna Krupa in PETA's anti-fur ad.

Check out a behind-the-scenes video from Joanna Krupa's PETA photo shoot, along with more photos of the model, below.

They released matching his-and-hers remixes earlier this year. Now they're possibly collaborating with each other on new music. Photo agency X17 snapped Chris Brown and Rihanna hitting up the recording studio in Los Angeles Thursday night via separate entrances.

Brown has also been photographed heading to the recording studio this week with former girlfriend Karrueche Tran, with whom he broke up for -- shocker! -- Rihanna. “When you share history with somebody, then you tend to fall in love with somebody else, it’s kinda difficult,” Brown declared in a confessional-style video posted online Oct. 5. “Is there such thing as loving two people? I don’t know. I don't know if that’s possible, but for me, I feel like that. I don't want to hurt either-or. I'm not trying to be a player.”

For more photos, click through to X17.

In an upcoming episode of VH1's "Couples Therapy," controversial teen bride Courtney Stodden claims she was physically attacked by fellow castmate Alex McCord. I spoke with the former "Real Housewives of New York City" star to hear her side of the story and find out what made her snap.

“Most people know I have a very long fuse, but when it blows … watch out,” McCord tells me. “I, along with everyone else in the house, was getting sick of Courtney and her teenaged striptease. At one point, I overheard Dr. Jenn [Berman] giving what sounded like an ultimatum about Courtney's dress, and I just wanted to wipe that condescending smirk off her face.”

Alex and her husband, Simon Van Kempen, were locked away in the house for three weeks with other celebrity couples, including Courtney and her husband Doug Hutchison, while taping the second season of the reality show.

“Rightly or wrongly, I decided to take matters into my own hands, raced into my bedroom, grabbed a few singles and tucked them in her miniscule skirt,” reveals Alex. “I figured if she's going to dress like a stripper we might as well drop the pretense — and it's rude not to tip.”

"Couples Therapy" airs on VH1.

No hard feelings here: Sean Penn is apparently Madonna's No. 1 fan. He's also the 54-year-old music legend's ex-husband, for those who don't remember -- the couple were married for only four years, from 1985 to 1989. But that didn't keep Penn, 52, from standing front row at one of Madonna's recent concerts from her MDNA tour and saying things like "she's so hot!" and "amazing!", according to Us Weekly magazine.

"They've remained close friends. But they are fire and fire together romantically. She can only be with someone she can control," an insider told the publication.

If only Guy Ritchie felt the same? The British director, who was married to Madonna from 2000 to 2008, told Details magazine last year that while he "enjoyed" his first marriage, he had moved on. "But you move on, don't you? You're right, I stepped into a soap opera, and I lived in it for quite a long period of my life. I'll probably be more eloquent on it 10 years from now," he said.

"How I Met Your Mother" is staging a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" reunion.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Seth Green will guest star as Lily's (Alyson Hannigan) old college friend. Green and Hannigan co-starred on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as one-time lovers Oz and Willow.

On "How I Met Your Mother" Green will play Daryl LaCoutre, a college friend who thought he was best friends with Lily and Marshall (Jason Segel) ... but they don't remember him.

In other casting news ...

Mira Sorvino will headline "Trooper." Sorvino played the lead role in the CBS pilot, but the show is now in pilot stages at TNT. [TVLine]

"Awkward" star Beau Mirchoff will co-star in Disney's new "Wizards of Waverly Place" special. Mirchoff will play Dominic, a wizard who isn't as nice as he seems. [THR]

The Miz will star in ABC Family's "Christmas Bounty." The holiday movie tells the story of a bounty hunter-turned-school teacher who hopes to keep her past a secret. [ABC Family]

Rebecca Romijn will co-star opposite Jon Tenney in "King and Maxwell." Romijn will play Michelle Maxwell, a former secret service agent who is now a private eye. [Deadline.com]

AfterEllen.com is Logo's site for lesbians and bisexual women in entertainment and media, which means we pride ourselves on knowing all kinds of Sapphic pop-culture facts. Each week we share some of the best tidbits on The Huffington Post in our series "Best Lesbian Week Ever." Here's who and what was on our raging gay radar this week.

The more you know: Rachel Maddow was on TV twice a day at least four times this week. Our favorite appearance was on The Wendy Williams Show, where she won a game of "Pop Politics" by knowing the Kardashians had more kids than the Palins or the Romneys.

Final girls: The lesbians survived the Pretty Little Liars Halloween episode this week! Lindsey Shaw dressed as Marlene Dietrich, too, so the gay quotient was upped significantly.

Takes "crazy lesbian" to new heights: However, a lesbian perished on this week's American Horror Story. We were only kind of sad about it, though, because she did commit her partner to an insane asylum in order to avoid being outed.

Free to be Fergie Ferg: Fergie told Oprah that her bisexuality back in the day was just part of her being a free spirit. When do people stop being free spirits? Is it somewhere around age 30?

And humble: Ellen's Mark Twain Humor Prize acceptance speech was hilarious and super gay. She congratulated Portia on having the "most talented and beautiful wife," to which Portia nodded in agreement.

Lesbians are normal, too: Leisha Hailey returned to our TV screens this week for a brief minute on The New Normal. She looked a little uptight, but her partner (played by Constance Zimmer) explained that they were barren, so I suppose that's what the issue is.

Hunter? I don't even know her: Lesbian quartet Hunter Valentine released their new album this week. Grab a copy of Collide & Conquer and become a regional rep in your city.

Maroon 5's Adam Levine is on the move ... to Beverly Hills. Celebuzz has exclusively confirmed that he purchased a 6,500 square foot mansion in the hills on Oct. 19.

Just days after news broke of the demise of his marriage, Jessica and Ashlee Simpson's newly single father Joe Simpson was spotted out in L.A. on Thursday sporting a much more, er, youthful look.

We'd like to say we're far past being shocked by what Miley Cyrus wears, but we've got to hand it to the girl: she sure knows how to turn heads.

Ever since the 19-year-old chopped off her long hair, she's been stretching her legs in the style department. A goth look for the grocery store? Fine with Miley. A shaved head on the red carpet? Even better. No top? No problem. Most recently, the newly-engaged star stepped out in Los Angeles in a particularly interesting look.

While on her way to a recording studio on Friday, the future Mrs. Liam Hemsworth tried loud, printed leggings, a crop top, a gold "Miley" necklace and some of the chunkiest thigh-high boots we've ever seen (her shoe of choice, apparently). And while we have no problem with fashion experimentation, something about this look is a little overwhelming for us. Trend overload, perhaps?

We may remain unconvinced of the merits of this outfit, but what about you? Check out the photo and tell us what you think.

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When Martin Sheen last spoke to Huffington Post in September, U.S. President Barack Obama’s re-election looked like a cakewalk. Three debates later, the race couldn’t be tighter — but the legendary actor and activist says the situation is not as apocalyptic as it may seem for Democrats.

“He’s still doing well, but it’s gotten a little more precarious. What the polls are showing is absolutely true — Gallup is neck and neck. That’s indisputable. But what is not always clear is that he is far ahead in the Electoral College, the battleground states. He is leading now. God forbid, but it could happen that he could lose the popular vote and still win a second term,” Sheen said Wednesday backstage at Free The Children’s We Day youth rally in Calgary where he was a guest speaker.

An Obama re-election without winning the popular vote would no doubt spark an outcry from the right, much as the reverse was true when George W. Bush was elected in 2000 despite Al Gore capturing more votes nationwide.

But Sheen said, essentially, that’s just tough. “Those are the rules, and when you enter the game you agree to play by those rules. Sorry, this is what it feels like.”

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As for how the race got so close, Sheen basically gave Obama a pass on the first debate (“his energy was at a very low ebb”) while being encouraged by the last two, especially Obama’s “get the transcript” reply to criticism of his response to the Benghazi attacks.

“Mr. Romney really showed his ass there, and how stupid he is and arrogant. There’s an old phrase, arrogance is ignorance matured, and that’s what we saw.”

As for the third debate, Sheen thought Obama “gave Romney too much time and didn’t shut him up when he could have easily done so” but came off “far and away the most qualified.”

Despite his confidence that Obama will win, Sheen was quick to offer warnings over how a Romney presidency might affect America, citing the Republican candidate’s primary selling point as his primary reason for concern.

“He is, in essence, a very arrogant, very successful businessman [who] believes in unreined free enterprise,” Sheen said. “He doesn’t have a clue what 99 per cent of the people are going through. He’s never lived on that level. He’s never had to compete for a job or face eviction or struggle to get a college loan. He’s a guy that the old phrase applies to: ‘he was born on third base and thought he hit a triple,’” Sheen said.

“He would be a reflection of the one per cent. They say this kind of rhetoric that I’m doing right now is advocating class warfare, but that’s nonsense. There is no class warfare; the war ended a long time ago and the poor lost very badly. While the upper one per cent of our population has continued to rise, the 99 per cent has continued to drop. The unions are at risk, and it’s no secret it’s not getting any better for the 99. If Romney is elected, that’s going to be the level that we start at.”

So why does Sheen think Romney has the support of so much of the electorate? He blames the billions being poured into the election, through both campaigns and SuperPACs, specifically calling out conservatives as “very unscrupulous about how they twist and turn things to their own advantage.”

But Sheen added that this is an issue that goes much further back than this particular election or even the Citizen’s United ruling that allowed unfettered spending by groups outside the candidates’ campaigns.

“Every major corporation is represented in Washington with a huge battery of lawyers and lobbyists, but there’s nobody lobbying for the poor,” Sheen said, adding, “We’ve always had the best politicians money can buy. So if Romney is elected, he’s the best politician we could afford.”

By now, we all know that Ellen DeGeneres finds complete joy in scaring the life out of her guests on her show. But she took it to another level when she spooked Halle Berry, who just revealed that an infestation of black widow spiders has taken over her home.

The "Cloud Atlas" actress, 46, explained to DeGeneres that her gardener found the "colony" of eight-legged creatures living under one of her lawn chairs and confessed that she immediately evacuated.

"I just left," Berry laughed. "Before I passed out I said 'I'm going to leave and you're going to have to handle that.' Because I can't stand spiders. I don't even like daddy long-legs."

Well telling DeGeneres this was a bad idea, because after the commercial break, the beloved talk show host had a man in a spider costume sneak up on Berry and scare her nearly to death.

"That was so mean!" Berry told DeGeneres, giggling uncontrollably. "I'm so sorry I talked about the spiders."

In happier news, Berry revealed she is dressing up as a giant cupcake to escort her 4-year-old daughter, Nahla, trick-or-treating. Nahla is being a Lalaloopsy doll.

"The things we do for our children. I love her so much that's why I’m going," Berry shared of her Halloween duties. "It’s this big huge thing [cupcake costume] and I’m going to be like waddling down the street."

Watch the video of DeGeneres terrifying Berry above:

Known as much for his personal life as for his film career, director Roman Polanski's last scandal, for having illegal sex with a 13-year-old and his flight from justice, still polarizes the public. "I don't care," said one viewer after a private screening of a new documentary, Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir, a conversation between his longtime friend, producer Andrew Braunsberg and the filmmaker while he was under house arrest in Gstaad, Switzerland, "he still had sex with a teen."

The documentary, consisting of two men talking, inspired by My Dinner with Andre, may still not sit well with viewers unnerved by the famed director's transgressions, but this memoir also goes into his stellar career and the more horrific aspects of his life, deftly melding his memories with archival footage. He was himself a child when he began his odyssey through World War II Krakow, his mother taken directly to a death camp, his father to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. Clips from The Pianist, Oliver Twist, and Tess show how he incorporated key images from his life into the films. Interviewed in 2002 when The Pianist won prizes at Cannes and the Oscar, its star Adrien Brody said that many Holocaust details informed Polanski's direction, even to the way a person fell when shot.

Surviving the war, Polanski was an art student before he was accepted into the prestigious Lodz film school and acted in a film directed by Andrej Wadja. His first feature, Knife in the Water, angered the Communist regime but became a hit in Europe. Repulsion, with Catherine Deneuve, was his attempt at a horror film; he finds it a compromise to his real ambitions at filmmaking. Audiences may judge for themselves: Repulsion opens at Film Forum on Halloween for a two week run.

The horror genre does not compare to the real life murder of his pregnant wife Sharon Tate by the Manson clan. At the time, the media pointed to Polanski, who was in London completing a film, for having something to do with the rampage. The scandal with Samantha Geimer would follow, with the media outing her despite attempts to keep her identity hidden. As she has said, the tabloids caused more harm than Polanski did. He has apologized to her and her mother. Now a family man, married to actress Emmanuelle Seigner for decades and the father of two, he is making a movie of David Ives' stage play, Venus in Fur, with his wife to star.

Supported by a close cadre of friends, family, and artistic collaborators, Roman Polanski by his own admission leads a good life. See this documentary as a record of a man whose unusual life and fine work reflect a key historic moment.

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You may recall that we recently named Sarah Silverman's father "Dad of the Year" for his hilariously scathing response to the rabbi who attacked his daughter in an open letter. Donald Silverman's comments went so viral, in fact, the resulting traffic crashed the site where they were originally posted.

On Friday, Sarah Silverman appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", and she talked about the incident, her dad, and the political activism that provoked the rabbi's ire.

SEATTLE — A Seattle man says that having Billy Idol play his 26th birthday party made for the greatest night of his life.

Michael Henrichsen spent two years persuading the British rock icon to play his party, and it paid off Friday at the packed Showbox SoDo club.

Idol guitarist Steve Stevens played him `Happy Birthday' in the middle of a solo. Then Idol called Henrichsen onto the stage for a rendition of the song.

Henrichsen's `80s cover band opened for the show.

Idol says Henrichsen's effort stood out from other fan requests because his campaign involved four "Billy Idol Aid" charity concerts that raised $13,000 for the Northwest Harvest food bank and the American Red Cross.

Idol says playing Henrichsen's party in Seattle might help fans see another side of him.

Three weeks after its premiere, "Argo" is leading the weekend box office. The Wrap is reporting that Ben Affleck's drama about the Iran hostage crisis made $3.9 million on Friday across 2,855 screens, bringing the movie to a total of $52 million. It is on pace to gross $13 million this weekend.

"Cloud Atlas" premiered this week to mixed reviews. The Tom Hanks epic brought in $3.4 million on Friday, putting it on pace for a $10.3 million weekend.

While this puts "Cloud Atlas" at the number three spot for the weekend box office, it's not the success that Warner Bros. was looking for. The film was projected to have a $13 million opening, a number that is necessary to turn a profit on the $100 million budget the sci-fi adaptation required.

Other movies that made a box office impact were horror flick "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D," bringing in $3.5 million for the number two spot, "Paranormal Activity 4" maintaining ticket sales with a $3.1 million Friday, and "Hotel Transylvania" which grossed $2.5 million for an overall total of $123 million since its premiere. Halloween-centric "Fun Size" and Gerard Butler's "Chasing Mavericks" both had weak openings, taking in $1.3 million and less than $1 million, respectively.

For more, head over to The Wrap.