UPDATE: As of Sunday night, Chris Brown's Twitter account appears to be offline.

PREVIOUSLY: Like many people on Twitter, former news producer and current comedy writer Jenny Johnson (under her handle @JennyJohnsonHi5) frequently makes fun at the expense of controversial R&B singer Chris Brown. But unlike most, Johnson found herself the target of an extended vulgar, sexist response from Brown on Sunday afternoon.

Johnson, who is often citedas one of the funniest presences on Twitter, has poked fun at Brown ever since his 2009 arrest for beating his former (and maybe current?) girlfriend Rihanna, largely due to his apparent lack of remorse. One of Johnson's most popular tweets, "Call me old fashioned, but Chris Brown should be in prison," was retweeted 1,869 times.

But it wasn't until she tweeted the following that she grabbed Brown's attention: "I know! Being a worthless piece of shit can really age a person. RT @chrisbrown: I look old as fuck! I'm only 23..."

Brown, who has 11.6 million followers on Twitter, responded by hurling sexual, graphic insults toward Johnson. (The full, NSFW exchange is below.)

This is hardly the first time Brown has found himself in trouble due to Twitter. Earlier this month, the singer posted a photo of himself dressed as a terrorist for Halloween, which many found to be racist. In fact, he's even gotten into it with Johnson (as well as a few other funny folks on Twitter) in the past, but never to such a disgusting degree.

After his performance at the Grammys earlier this year, Brown fired off aggressive tweets directed at his critics before deleting them. Whether he deletes this ugly episode with Johnson remains to be seen -- but don't worry, we have screengrabs just in case.

Again, the Twitter exchange below is very NSFW.

Talk about a skinny girl...

Bethenny Frankel flaunted her incredible bikini body while relaxing poolside at her hotel today (Nov. 25) in Miami, Fla., with her 2-year-old daughter Bryn. The "Bethenny Ever After" star, 42, rocked a white bikini, sunglasses and a floppy hat as she splashed around in the water with her little girl, who looked adorable in a pink ruffled bathing-suit.

"Bryn sang the whole abc song on the plane and the entire cabin clapped and cheered afterwards. Like a movie! Made me smile," Frankel tweeted before arriving in Miami on Nov. 23.

And then last night, the talk show host shared, "With my high school girlfriends & Bryn having the best girl time. In bed eating snacks & watching tv. No boys allowed!"

Frankel's show "Bethenny" will return with new episodes next year.

See her awesome bikini body below:

Bradley Cooper and rumored on-again girlfriend Zoe Saldana take a Thanksgiving day walk with his mom and pup on Thursday (November 22) in Malibu, Calif.

NEW YORK — Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder are adding to the star power at next month's Superstorm Sandy benefit concert at Madison Square Garden.

A news release says the three rock stars will join Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Paul McCartney, Kanye West, Roger Waters, Alicia Keys, The Who, Billy Joel and others on Dec. 12 to raise money for the Robin Hood Relief Fund to benefit devastated areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Those areas were especially hard hit by Sandy earlier this month, killing dozens and causing billions of dollars in damage.

Tickets for the concert, dubbed "12-12-12," go on sale Dec. 3 at 12 p.m. EST.

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There's no denying that Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) has swag. And he wants to distribute it to the masses!

In HuffPost exclusive deleted scene from this week's "Parks and Recreation," Tom enlists the Pawnee gang to help him set up a his new business.

"I have found the new home of the next great Fortune 500 company, Rent A Swag," he says before Donna (Retta), Anne (Rashida Jones) and Chris (Rob Lowe) point out that he has a knack for failure.

Take a look at a deleted scene from this week's episode, titled "Pawnee Commons."

"Parks And Recreation" airs on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. EST on NBC.

It's going to be another awkward year for the ladies on "Girls."

File this one under "things you never knew you wanted." Nerdist has premiered a web series of Neil Patrick Harris interacting with puppets. Titled "Neil's Puppet Dreams," the video premiered Tuesday.

The first episode shows Harris and his adorable husband, David Burtka, from the viewpoint of a crib -- in 2010, the couple became parents to twins, Gideon Scott and Harper Grace, via surrogate. Harris puts stuffed animal puppets in the crib to appease the crying baby before transitioning into his own dream sequence filled with puppets.

"Hi, I'm Neil and I sleep a lot," Harris tells the camera. "When I dream, I dream in puppet."

The four-minute video (shown above), features a pajama-clad Harris being sung a lullaby by the three puppets. Vulture reports that the puppets are from Jim Henson Studios.

"Jim Henson was the only piece of fan mail I ever wrote when I was a little kid," Harris said in an interview with EW. "I’m a nerdy, geeky fan of 'Labyrinth' and 'Dark Crystal.' I collect puppet stuff. I have a puppet workshop in my garage. I was looking for any opportunity to be able to get very creatively involved in that world."

The series is produced and co-created by Janet Varney and will be aired on Nerdist's YouTube channel.

[Nerdist via Vulture]

After reading harsh reviews of her performance in "Liz & Dick," Lindsay Lohan is defending her acting skills and the Lifetime movie that everyone is still talking about.

"We all loved the movie," Lindsay's mom, Dina Lohan, told The Huffington Post in describing her own and her daughter's thoughts.

She signed her email with a happy face above the words "onwards and upwards."

Lindsay, who was left "devastated" after reading some of the vicious reviews that ran before the movie, decided to spare herself the pain and ignore the live debate on Twitter that erupted as the film debuted Sunday night, according to her mother.

"We don't read that," said Dina, regarding the negative tweets.

Although Lindsay and her family are putting their best face on, the most devastating news might be the ratings, which showed only 3.5 million viewers tuned in -- a number well below the viewership of Lifetime's other original movie premieres, such as "Steel Magnolias," "Drew Peterson: Untouchable" and "Abducted: The Carlina White Story."

"Those reviews would have been irrelevant had she delivered massive numbers," Media Masters' Amy Rosenblum told The Huffington Post. "'Steel Magnolias' got 6.5 million viewers. Had Lindsay got a number like that, that would be the story. The reviews and Twitter comments would become invisible. Unfortunately for Lindsay, that wasn't the case."

Nadya "Octomom" Suleman and her octuplets were looking forward to performing at a charity concert for "The Ruth Moore LAUSD Christmas Party and Giveaway" on Dec. 17 in Los Angeles. But now the offer has been withdrawn, with conflicting reasons as to why.

"They canceled them," Nadya's spokesperson, who confirmed that Nadya and her children had been booked through an organization called the School Tour, told The Huffington Post. "They said it's because the amount of press coverage and that they were worried too many kids would show up!"

However, an explanation from representatives of the organization, including executive director Michelle Sanders, suggests the situation is more complicated.

"At this time there are no plans for Octomom's 'Roctuplets' singing group to appear at the 47th Annual Ruth Moore Christmas Party for underprivileged children in Los Angeles on December 17,” Bob Fisher, the organization's public relations counsel told The Huffington Post. "There was an initial contact by the group's representative with a volunteer working on the holiday event regarding an appearance but nothing has been finalized at this time. Should this situation change, an official announcement would be made by the nonprofit organization."

Neither Fisher nor Sanders would comment when asked if Nadya and her children had been dropped because of outside pressure over possible controversy surrounding the family.

Now Nadya and her children are looking to perform for a different charity organization, one that Nadya's spokesperson hopes "will welcome them with open arms."

These stars all had stunning, stylish weddings, and their post-Big Day looks were just as chic!

We've rounded up Hollywood's most stylish newlyweds in the slideshow below. These couples have stepped out post-wedding rocking cool casual outfits and glamorous red carpet looks. Click through the photos for the best celebrity style moments of the year.

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Angus T. Jones will not appear in two episodes of "Two and a Half Men" that will shoot before the CBS comedy's holiday hiatus.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jones was already set not to film and this has nothing to do with his comments slamming the show and urging viewers not to watch.

In a video distributed by the religious website Forerunner Chronicles, Jones, 19, called "Two and a Half Men" "filth" and said he no longer wants to be on the series he's called home for the last 10 years.

"If you watch 'Two and a Half Men,' please stop watching 'Two and a Half Men,'" Jones said. "I'm on 'Two and a Half Men,' and I don't want to be on it. Please stop watching it, please stop filling your head with filth."

Jones' character Jake joined the Army and has not appeared in every episode of Season 10.

According to both THR and TMZ, producers have yet to speak with Jones about his comments regarding "Two And A Half Men."

A request for comment from Warner Bros., the production company behind "Two and a Half Men," was not immediately returned.

Watch Jones' video "testimonial" below:

Cute it may be, but Amber (Mae Whitman) and Ryan's (Matt Lauria) relationship won't exactly be a walk in the park in upcoming episodes of "Parenthood" (Tuesdays at 10 p.m. EST on NBC).

Having just come back from fighting in Afghanistan, Lauria's character isn't in a great place when he meets Amber.

"This is a guy who desperately needs healing and he's with a girl who has never had to be responsible for someone else," Lauria told The Hollywood Reporter of Ryan. "I think they can go the distance and I hope they will but it gets pretty ugly."

Still, Whitman has high hopes for how her relationship with Ryan will help Amber grow.

"It’s one of the first times we’ve seen Amber really happy," the actress told Entertainment Weekly. "That’s the state of mind you’re in when something like real love comes along and you’re often caught off guard. She’s starting to understand what she has to offer to the world. And Ryan’s very different from the guys she’s been with. He could teach her a lot and she could teach him a lot.”

"Parenthood" airs on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. EST on NBC.

The undisputed star of RuPaul's Drag Race this year is Latrice Royale. She didn't come away with a win on Logo TV's runaway hit competition show, but she is blazing past everyone else on the diva drag circuit and beyond.

On the show Latrice is a self-described "large and in charge" Queen with a capital Q. Her drag persona, which embraces her size, has captured the imagination of millions of fans. Latrice's drag persona has range and depth, whether she is in a sequined, midnight-blue, form-fitting formal from the house of Eleganza, a metal breastplate à la Disco Galactica or a lioness wig and a bejeweled top that creates a cyclone of sequins when she starts to spin.

Everything about Latrice is big, but the biggest thing about her is her heart. On the show she talked about her past incarceration and cutting her father out of her life. Even with the show fanning the flames of backstage backstabbing, Latrice not only won the congeniality award but became a fan favorite. She coined one of the show's unofficial taglines: "The shade, the shade of it all."

She gave viewers one of the show's most memorable moments in a "lip-sync for your life" moment when she was up for elimination. In a dressed-down, black-and-white-print, form-fitting dress, looking nine-months pregnant, she sang Aretha's "Natural Woman" to her unborn child. If there was any doubt before, Latrice became a TV star in that moment. She is now climbing the dance charts with a club track, a duet with fellow RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4 alum Manila Luzon, sardonically titled "The Chop."

Meanwhile, Latrice has been a legendary for 20 years on the Miami drag circuit, with something she has not been able to really show on the Drag Race runway except in flashes. Not since the legendary days of the vogue balls in New York, where the vogue realness of Willi Ninja was born, has someone been such a distinctive dancer on the drag stage. Dance is Latrice's secret weapon.

Her second tagline is "chunky but funky," and she knows how to move with precision and abandon. She's got cyclonic dance fever in videos of her performing "You Make Me Feel So Good, Baby," with explosive gyrations, hurricane turns, fan kicks and splits, moves that audiences aren't used to seeing from a person of her size. And she knows how to be still as a dancer and build rhythmic tension (take a lesson, Dancing With the Stars competitors). Then, when she hurls herself into a split, she sends her audiences into a frenzy. People throw money at her, because her dancing is so inspiring.

Latrice has a drag mission, but her mission is also tied to her community work with several AIDS and LGBTQ organizations, where she continues to give back. In a recent interview she was asked what inspired her look, and her response was, "Today? It's about being big, colorful and real." Such genuineness is her trademark, and Latrice tops it off with her sonic whiplash laugh. It's the laugh you want to hear when you need to erase negativism. It's like a universal seed sound that just throws you and the house down.

Simon Cowell, judge on the show “X Factor,” has joined Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Ashton Kutcher on a growing list of celebrities who have fallen victim to a prank known as "swatting."

On Sunday, at approximately 12:56 P.M., the Beverly Hills Police Department received a call reporting that someone inside a house had been tied up with duct tape, according to the police. When the address of the residence was determined not to be a Beverly Hills address, the caller then stated that the incident was occurring at Cowell's house, which is in the City of Beverly Hills.

However, when officers responded to the Cowell residence and contacted him, they determined that the call was a prank.

Prank calls like this one are known as "swatting" because they often bring S.W.A.T. teams to the victim's home. There are about 400 swatting incidents a year nationally, costing on average $10,000 each, according to ABC. One teenager, Matthew Wideman, was recently sentenced to 11 years in jail for a swatting call that led to police firing tear gas inside a New Jersey home.

Within the last three months, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Ashton Kutcher all fell victim to swatting.

In addition to "X Factor," Cowell is famed for being a tough judge on "American Idol" and "Britain's Got Talent." Perhaps Cowell's prankster was a bitter show contestant who got the boot?

Julian Fellowes is bringing his "Downton Abbey" success to NBC.

Fresh on the heels of "Downton Abbey" getting a fourth season order, NBC has announced that series creator Fellowes is developing an 1880s New York set series titled "The Gilded Age."

"This was a vivid time, with dizzying, brilliant ascents and calamitous falls, of record-breaking ostentation and savage rivalry; a time when money was king," Fellowes said in a statement of the upcoming series, which will spotlight the American Renaissance.

NBC Entertainment Chair Jennifer Salke also has high hopes for the series.

“We at the network are all so thrilled to be working with the immensely talented Julian Fellowes, who is universally admired for his critically and commercially appealing productions,” Salke said in a statement. “Having him on our team represents a major creative coup and everyone is looking forward to his first NBC project in ‘The Gilded Age.’”

Are you excited for "The Gilded Age"? Sound off in the comments.

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, better known to Marvel fans as Professor X and Magneto, will return to the comic book franchise for "X-Men: Days of Future Past." That's the word from "X-Men" director Bryan Singer, who tweeted the news to his 11,589 followers on Tuesday.

The news was also reported by Deadline.com, though two minutes after Singer sent out his tweet.

Singer, who directed "X-Men" and "X2," is returning to the franchise after a two film absence. He replaced Matthew Vaughn, who directed "X-Men: First Class" and was set for "Days of Future Past" duty, in October.

As previously reported, the "X-Men: First Class" is based on a popular time-travel storyline in the "X-Men" comic. EW.com explained the comic book's plot in August:

Most of the X-Men are dead; the ones that are still alive are on the run. In the original story, the future version of Kitty Pryde time-travels back in time into her young self’s brain and works with the present-day X-Men to prevent the atrocity that kickstarts the whole miserable future.

That somewhat explains how future iterations of the X-Men mutants, including the older versions of Professor X and Magneto, could appear alongside their younger counterparts. (In "X-Men: First Class," Professor X and Magneto were played by James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, respectively.)

While this might come as a shock to some "X-Men" fans, Stewart all but confirmed his involvement in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" during a panel at Montreal Comic-Con in September. "I think there is every possibility," Stewart said about his potential "X-Men" return.

For more on this news, head over to Deadline.com or just check Singer's Twitter page.

"X-Men" star Jennifer Lawrence at the "Hunger Games" premiere

"Makeover"-- that just sounds like a magical word! It holds the promise of transformation, creativity, freshness... a metamorphosis of what once was. However, making something over requires more than a twitch of one's nose or a wink and a nod! Some makeovers are relatively minor: presto, changeo, donezo!

Unfortunately, most are much more complex and require a great deal of time and effort. You would think for this upcoming metamorphosis you are facing that massive amounts of research and development should be done; that you would get insight and opinions from those who were educated on the subject and well informed with vast amounts of knowledge. You would like to have time to speak to those who have conquered the challenge before you, the ones who have blazed the trail. You would get your camera ready for before and after photos.

Are you scratching your head asking, what in the world is she talking about? I'll tell you what I am talking about. I'm talking about you morphing into a giver. Sounds easy enough, right?

We're going to make you over right here on the spot. I know a little bit about being a giver. No, not because I did Extreme Makeover Home Edition either. But because my family has been blessed with the opportunity to be good stewards of a simple story that we feel is nothing short of a miracle. Many of you know our story from a movie that was made called The Blind Side. If you don't know the story then Google it. I'm not afforded the space here to go into historically what transpired. I just felt this was a perfect time to ask you to look into the mirror and if a giver was not staring right back at you then maybe we can do a little makeover right here, right now. I am a firm believer in no time like the present.

Today is being touted as a day for giving. I'm not sure who the brains behind this was but good for them! Lord knows we have days for everything else you can possibly imagine. Many are just ridiculous so to have one set aside for something that can truly make a difference is nothing short of genius and extremely refreshing. Let's first consider that this is already a special time of the year. It's the holiday season. So, again, the timing is perfect. Whether you are spending time with family and friends, roasting chestnuts on an open fire, stringing lights, shopping 'til you drop or some other strange tradition... don't let this season be just about you. I love Mother Teresa's quote that you may not be able to feed a hundred people but you can feed one. Know that there is absolutely something you can do to make a difference. We ALL can make a difference!

You may not be able to write a big check with tons of zeros on it, but you can give of yourself. I have found time is one of the most valuable assets I possess. So give of your time -- that's a great beginning. Keep it simple, entry level giving! Give your kids a day at the zoo, give the neighbor a cake or repair something for them, share a talent you have with someone, fix dinner for the teacher, babysit, unload groceries... you get the idea. Giving will allow you not only to endure this stressful season called the holidays, but you might find yourself actually enjoying the time of year and this new person living in your body called a giver. Many people think giving is a daunting task -- however, I want you to realize if we all cultivate this new found tradition of giving you can not only better yourself, but you will better your street, your community and if we do it together, our entire country.

So, if you are ever going to respond to "marketing hype" do it today! Buy into this Giving Tuesday everyone is talking about! Let's make "Giving Tuesday" the Super Bowl of the named days of the week. Let's force the news to say that not only was a billion dollars spent on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, but Giving Tuesday changed the face of the season. It put food in stomachs; it clothed those without; it provided funds for the homeless; it supplied schools with computers; libraries with books; animal shelters with volunteers; hospitals with smiles and equipment and on and on and on! Be generous on this day set aside for giving. Remember, it's still the thought that counts! So be thoughtful, start a new tradition with this makeover you've just gone through! This transformation will hopefully be life changing for many!

Blake Shelton's first Christmas special, "Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas," actually does include a bit of Shelton's own family, including one very special guest.

The hour-long NBC special, which premieres on Mon., Dec. 3 at 10 p.m. EST, will feature a duet with Shelton's mom, Dorothy Shackleford.

In HuffPost TV's exclusive clip above, Shelton joked about his relationship with his songwriter mom. "I kind of have a relationship with her like Ricky Ricardo and Lucy had," he said. "She pressures me to sing these songs that she writes." Shelton and Shackleford co-wrote their Christmas song “Time for Me to Come Home," which you can hear above.

"It's actually a song about how it's not Christmas unless you're with your mama," Shelton explains. "She buys me cool stuff."

The hour-long special will also include performances with Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert (Shelton's wife) and Reba McEntire, as well as appearances from Christina Aguilera, Larry the Cable Guy and Jay Leno.

”The icing on the cake was having the opportunity to perform with my mom, a song we co-wrote together," Shelton said in a statement. "Christmas has always been about family to me so having my mom and Miranda there -- that made it Christmas."

"Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas" premieres on Mon., Dec. 3 at 10 p.m. EST on NBC.

The Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol" has been seen many incarnations since its initial publication in 1843. Throughout the years, the story has been adapted by everyone, including the Muppets, the Flintstones and Dr. Who.

Now, Snoop Lion and a slew of sports stars have thrown their names into the trove of Christmas Carol pastiches.

In "The Cautionary Tale of Ebenezer Snoop," the rapper-turned-reggae-artist tells the story of a man who has lost his holiday spirit -- or, as Snoop puts it, "A classic tale of loss, regret, redemption, and, of course, partying." The tale is set in Snoop's hometown of Los Angeles.

"Twas the season of eggnog and juice," the clip begins, before Ebenezer Snoop is visited by various sports figures and celebrities, who lend their voices as the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Stan Smith), Present (David Beckham), and Future (Derrick Rose and Rita Ora). The film also features cameos by Dwight Howard, Andy Murray, and Yohan Blake.

Illustrated by JJ Sedelmaier of "Beavis and Butthead" fame, the short is part of an Adidas campaign that includes a Facebook app and a #bahumbizzle hashtag, ESPN reports.

In addition, it appears that Ebenezer Snoop has taken over the Adidas Twitter page:

It’s your boy Ebenezer Snoop, and it’s time to NOT spread some cheer into the twitter-verse. #bahhumbizzle

— adidas(@adidas) November 21, 2012

#EbenezerSnoop is running @adidas and dropping 140 characters of #bahhumbizzle

— adidas(@adidas) November 28, 2012

Gettin’ someone nothin’ is the new coal.#bahhumbizzle

— adidas(@adidas) November 27, 2012

Dolly Parton has her eye on "The Voice." During an interview with "In Touch," the "9 to 5" singer revealed she'd like to join the NBC singing competition as a coach.

“I've been asked to do 'American Idol' and 'The X Factor' almost every time there's a new season,” Parton said. She's turned them down, but would be open to doing "The Voice." Why? There's not a lot of judging.

"You don’t have to judge that much -- and I hesitate to judge people," she said.

Currently, "The Voice" is in its third season and the coaches are Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and Cee Lo Green.

In response to Parton's comments, Mark Burnett, the executive producer of "The Voice," told HuffPost in a statement:

I love Dolly Parton. She is an AMAZING singer, an amazing actor, and she shines such a light for the world.

I am sure Blake is calling her to help him as I write this.

Both Shelton and Aguilera have spoken out about the positivity of "The Voice.".

"I've never had really a style of coaching," Shelton told Examiner. "I just kind of approach it with each artist is a different artist, and they have different things they need to work on. Some artists just need me to stay out of their way, and some of them maybe need a little guidance here and there ... I'm just a guy that has some advice for them and hopefully it's right and hopefully they listen."

"I wanted to do 'The Voice' to show that we can be positive," Aguilera said. "We don't have to knock people down."

Aguilera's last contestant for Season 3, Dez Duron, was eliminated during the November 27 installment. Aguilera will sit Season 4 out, but could return for future seasons. Shakira will be replacing Aguilera and Usher will replace the also departing Cee Lo Green.

"The Voice" Season 3 airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST on NBC.